MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND ROAD FURNITURE - DENMARK

IN DENMARK, TRIALS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT WITH THE OMISSION OF THE COLLECTION AND SUBSEQUENT SPREADING OF MOULD BEFORE AND AFTER ROAD WORKS, RESPECTIVELY. MANY OF THE LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES HAD GREAT MISGIVINGS IN OMITTING THE MOULD. HOWEVER, BY USING A SUITABLE MIXTURE OF GRASS SEEDS AND BY THE SIMULTANEOUS SPREADING OF FERTILIZERS, IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE, WITH A MINIMUM OF CUTTING WORK, TO OBTAIN DENSE, LOWGROWING LAWN WHICH, ONCE THE GRASS HAS TAKEN ROOT, ALSO PROVIDES GOOD PROTECTION AGAINST DRYING OUT AND EROSION. TO PROTECT THE GRASS WHILE IT IS TAKING ROOT, A POROUS LAYER OF BITUMINIZED STRAW OR SPAGNUM MAY BE APPLIED. TO PROVIDE GREATER VARIETY IN ROAD LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS FURTHER EROSION PROTECTION, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO PLANT FLOWERING SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 1-3, pp 8-13
• Authors:
  • Kirk, J M
  • Krarup, T F
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Perm Intl Assoc Road Congresses Proc
  • Publisher: Xiiith Congress, Tokyo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Erosion control; Fertilizers; Fungi; Grasses; Landscape maintenance; Plants; Roadside improvement; Shrubs; Straw; Trees
• Old TRIS Terms: Mold /fungi/; Spagnum
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218252
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1994 12:00AM