Environmentally Sensitive Environmentally Sensitive MaintenanceMaintenance

and and Road ClosureRoad Closure

Styles of MaintenanceStyles of Maintenance

• Routine and Periodic MaintenanceRoutine and Periodic Maintenance (Ongoing and Deferred)(Ongoing and Deferred)

• Traditional Road Maintenance Traditional Road Maintenance

• Environmentally Sensitive Road Environmentally Sensitive Road MaintenanceMaintenance

Most Important--Most Important--Do MaintenanceDo Maintenance!!!!

Pothole FishingPothole Fishing

Juan D Quintero

Juan D. Quintero

Areas of MaintenanceAreas of Maintenance• Road Surface-Potholes and Ruts• Ditches• Armoring/Riprap• Culverts• Disposal Areas• Clearing/Brush Control• Cut Slopes• Erosion Control• Signing/Safety

Road Surface

Road Surface needs ReshapingRoad Surface needs Reshaping

ROAD SURFACE PATCHING

Juan Quintero

Grader

Ditches

Ditch Armoring

Culverts

Juan D. Quintero

ClearingClearing

Cut SlopesCut Slopes

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Erosion ControlErosion Control

Disposal Areas

Poor Disposal Sites

Good Disposal Sites

Lazy Maintenance

Signing/Safety

The Maintenance Plan

When? How? Where?What?

• Road Surface--R• Ditches--R• Armoring--P• Culverts--P• Disposal Sites--P• Clearing--R• Erosion Control--R• Signing/Safety--P

What do we Need for a What do we Need for a Maintenance PlanMaintenance Plan

• Road System Inventory.• Knowledge of your roads.• Priorities of the worst roads and structures.• How will we accomplish the maintenance?• Funds and equipment available. • The work sequence.• A mixture of contracting, force account

equipment, and manual labor.• What is routine, What is periodic?

Most Important--Most Important--Do MaintenanceDo Maintenance!!!!

EnvironmentallyEnvironmentally Sensitive Maintenance Sensitive Maintenance

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