RESULTS ASSESSED OF TEN YEAR PROGRAM OF MASSACHUSETTS ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT

THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A 10-YEAR ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH PROGRAM FROM 1962 UNTIL 1971. THE PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION WAS TO AID THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WITH ITS HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS AND TO TEST NEW METHODS AND MATERIALS THAT MIGHT BE PRACTICAL AND ECONOMICAL IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE AREAS OF INVESTIGATION DISCUSSED ARE GRASS SEED, MULCH, FERTILIZATION, SEEDING TIME, MALEIC HYDRAZIDE, CAPE COD DUNES, GRASS-AREA REDUCTION, WOOD CHIPS, SWEET FERN, CROWN VETCH, BREEDING PROGRAM, SOIL STERILANTS, BARE-ROOT SEEDLINGS, AND CONTAINER-GROWN WOODY PLANTS. /IRRD/

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• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 47-51
• Serial:
  • Highway Research News
  • Issue Number: 48

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dune sands; Fertilization (Horticulture); Grasses; Mulches; Planting; Roadside flora; Roots; Seasons; Seeds; Shrubs; Soil stabilization; Soil sterilants; Urban growth; Wood chips
• Old TRIS Terms: Crownvetch; Ferns; Fertilization; Maleic hydrazide; Roots (Plants)
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205215
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 2 1973 12:00AM