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1. Environmentally SensitiveEnvironmentally Sensitive
MaintenanceMaintenance
andand
Road ClosureRoad Closure

2. Styles of MaintenanceStyles of Maintenance
• Routine and Periodic MaintenanceRoutine and Periodic Maintenance
(Ongoing and Deferred)(Ongoing and Deferred)
• Traditional Road MaintenanceTraditional Road Maintenance
• Environmentally Sensitive RoadEnvironmentally Sensitive Road
MaintenanceMaintenance

3. Most Important--Most Important--
Do MaintenanceDo Maintenance!!!!

4. Pothole FishingPothole Fishing
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6. 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

7. Road
Surface

12. Road Surface needs ReshapingRoad Surface needs Reshaping

28. ROAD SURFACE PATCHING
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30. Grader

33. Ditches

47. Ditch Armoring

54. Culverts

65. ClearingClearing

71. Cut SlopesCut Slopes

75. Penn State-
V.Barandino

76. Erosion ControlErosion Control

81. Disposal Areas

82. Poor Disposal Sites

83. Good Disposal
Sites

86. Lazy Maintenance

87. Signing/Safety

90. 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

91. What do we Need for aWhat 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?

92. Most Important--Most Important--
Do MaintenanceDo Maintenance!!!!

94. EnvironmentallyEnvironmentally
Sensitive MaintenanceSensitive Maintenance
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