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Plan for Peer Exchange on Environmental Stewardship Practices in Construction and Maintenance

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

  TERI Database Administrator Notes.  Not recommended at present time by 2009 Natural Systems Subcommittee. This project will facilitate state DOT peer exchanges using the current volume of The Compendium…

Compile and Evaluate Existing Technologies to Develop Best Management Practices for Addressing Prevention and Remediation of Contamination from Deicing Operations

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

TERI Administrator Note: Based on a February 2008 review by Center staff, the write up for this idea needs additional review, clarification, or rewriting. Throughout the country, many departments and…

Strategies for Asset Management of Environmental Mitigation Features

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

TERI Database Administrator Notes: Funded under NCHRP 25-25 (51) Problem Statement   State departments of transportation have constructed many environmental mitigation projects in conjunction with transportation projects that have been…

Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Products/Chemicals Used in Maintenance of Highways

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem Statement:   To maintain the highway infrastructure, right-of-way and their functions, many operations including snow and ice control, paving/patching, surface sealing, traffic marking and vegetation management may use chemical…

Develop Environmentally Sensitive Designs for New and Retrofitted DOT Highway Maintenance Facilities

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem Statement: Many facilities required in transportation operations and maintenance have evolved to the present by expansion, modification, and adaptation of design and materials common to several years ago. At…

Case Studies of ‘Green’ Guardrails and Naturalizing of Median Strips to Test the Impact on Traffic Safety and Environmental Quality

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Predicting Soil Loss on Highway Systems Based on a Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) Specific to Highway Site Conditions

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem Statement: Currently there is no basic methodology to predict soil loss or recommend erosion and sediment control measures specifically for highway projects. Lack of a methodology impairs the ability…

Onsite and Offsite Effects of Converting Gravel or Native Roads to Pavement

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem Statement: When a gravel or native-surfaced road is paved, we do not know the effects of increased offsite soil erosion due to increase surface runoff.   Proposed Research: It…

Synthesis of State Department of Transportation (DOT) Procedures for Source Control and Verification of Recycled Construction Materials

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

TERI Database Administrator Notes.  Not recommended at present time by 2009 Natural Systems Subcommittee. Problem Statement: State DOTs are increasingly involved in making decisions regarding the reuse of wastes and…

Evaluation of Controls to Prevent Nesting Swallows on Highway Structures and Possible Impacts on Nesting and Breeding

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits work on bridges and CBCs when active swallow nests are present. Controls to prevent nesting swallows on bridges and concrete box culverts not only…

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