ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS

A BRIEF SURVEY IS GIVEN OF VIRGINIA'S EFFORTS TO ENCHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE TOPICS ADDRESSED ARE SCENIC ENHANCEMENT (BORROW PIT CONVERSION, WASTE AREA LOCATION, AUTO GRAVEYARD SCREENING, LITTER REMOVAL, MOWING, HERBICIDES, TREE SEEDLINGS, AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING), AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (OPEN BURNING PROHIBITION, ASPHALT PLANT CONTROL, VEHICLE EXHAUSTS, QUARRY SPRINKLER SYSTEMS), WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL, DRAINAGE, CONTROL OF LEACHING BY SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL AGENTS, OIL DUMP PROHIBITION), AND NOISE ABATEMENT.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association of State Highway Officials

  57th Annual Meeting
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Smith, H R
• Publication Date: 1971-12-9

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218947
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 10 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 23 1972 12:00AM