PENNSYLVANIA'S ROADSIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

The Pennsylvania roadside management program is fundamentally based on the two ingredients common to most highway problems, i.e., need and resources. An individual, educated in the biological sciences, is employed in each of the 11 engineering districts. The state roadside programs are formulated in Harrisburg's central office and implemented at the district levels with modification to suit local needs as dictated by population, traffic, terrain, and other environmental factors. The district roadside unit is involved in all facets of design, construction, and maintenance that relate to the roadside and its environment. In this capacity, roadside slopes and soil areas can be designed, graded, rounded, finished, and vegetatively treated to yield the best finished product with maintenance in mind. In many cases, the pre-design public hearings commit the department to specific practices that, if not performed in concert with the project construction, would possibly be delayed indefinitely due to subsequent lack of funds, traffic congestion, political changes, and many other factors. Through this complete-project concept, all construction projects throughout the state, regardless of location, financing, or systems classification are given comprehensive consideration and treatment. (Author)

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1981/805/805-030.pdf
• Summary URL:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Symposium on Roadside Vegetation Management and Manipulation Program, August 3-8, 1980, San Antonio, Texas, sponsored by Committee on Roadside Maintenance and Committee on Landscape and Environment Design. Appeared in Transportation Research Record No. 805, Roadside Maintenance. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Ross, Robert
• Conference:
  • Symposium on Roadside Vegetation Management and Manipulation
  • Location: San Antonio Texas
  • Date: 1981-8-3 to 1981-8-8
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 19-20
• Monograph Title: Roadside maintenance (includes proceedings of Symposium on Roadside Vegetation Management and Manipulation)
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 805
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Herbicides; Landscape maintenance; Maintenance management; Roadside
• Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00342180
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032199
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM