Environmentally sensitive maintenance for dirt and gravel roads : a manual to provide guidance using natural systems and innovative technologies to reduce erosion, sediment and dust pollution while more effectively and efficiently maintaining dirt and gravel roads

Report originally published February 2006, this edition is an October 2007 reprintPDFManualhttp://ntl.bts.gov/lib/26000/26800/26882/EnvironmentallySensitiveMaintenance_DirtGravelRoads.pdfUSEPA-PA-2005CP-83043501-0Earth roadsGravel roadsHighway maintenanceEnvironmental policyEnvironmental impactsErosion controlDrainageUnited StatesPennsylvania. Dept. of TransportationUnited States. Environmental Protection AgencyGesford, Alan L.Anderson, John A. (John Alan), 1954-Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Administration & Leadership Studies. Research & Training CenterPennsylvania State University. Institute of State and Regional AffairsPennsylvania. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Maintenance and OperationsUnited States. Environmental Protection AgencyPennsylvania. State Conservation CommissionPennsylvania State University. Center for Dirt and Gravel Road StudiesNTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-Construction and MaintenanceNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment ImpactsNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYUS Transportation CollectionThis is a nonpoint source pollution project that identifies, documents, and encourages the use of environmentally sensitive maintenance of dirt and gravel roads. Specifically, this project involved the development of a reference manual and related technical information sheets on Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance of Dirt and Gravel Roads for national use. The manual will provide insight into using natural systems and innovative technologies to reduce erosion, sediment and dust pollution while more effectively and efficiently maintaining dirt and gravel roads. The manual will address the environment of forests, mountainous terrain, and rolling hills. Various states already employ some of the more common practices, particularly forestry departments. These states and their local governments are prime targets for deploying the additional practices to be addressed in the manual. The manual will give the users a \ue2\u20ac\u2dctool box\ue2\u20ac\u2122 full of environmentally sensitive maintenance \ue2\u20ac\u2dctools\ue2\u20ac\u2122 or practices, recognizing that not one tool can fit every situation or site or solve all their problems in maintaining their dirt and gravel roads and protecting the environment. /Abstract from report summary page