Road maintenance is characterized as the continuing care of the roadway and providing for its intended use until such time as needed improvements are identified and undertaken. Within the scope of recurrent and deferred maintenance activities, opportunities are identified to improve cost effectiveness of surfacing and ditch maintenance and reduce future capital improvements. The selection of equipment, materials and procedure is either a commitment to long-term transportation system goals or they create future constraints. Planning, scheduling and performing roadside ditch, travelway and shoulder maintenance requires knowledge and expertise to be successfully and economically accomplished. Basic maintenance approaches and concepts are suggested and new considerations proposed for aggregate, earth and native surfaced roads.
Emphasis is on travelway, shoulders and roadside ditch maintenance activities.
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