Public Works Department - Services

Mowing

Public Works maintains the mowing of public rights of way along City roadsides, shoulders and medians. Chesapeake is responsible for 720 shoulder-miles of mowing along roadways and for 320 acres of medians and open areas. The City's mowing contracts on rights of way and roadsides have changed from previous years. In order to provide the best service and reduce problems, Public Works sectioned the City into seven mowing zones. This contract allows for roadway medians to be mowed every two weeks, and roadsides and rights of way every four weeks. The back slopes of roadside drainage ditches will be cut twice per mowing season.

Interstate roads and on/off ramps are maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation. Mowing of City park grounds and public building grounds is handled by the Building and Grounds Division of our Parks and Recreation Department.