SURFACE TREATMENTS, A WAY TO CUT DOWN ROAD MAINTENANCE COSTS IN SWEDEN

In Sweden three types of surface treatments are used in road maintenance. On paved roads with low traffic single seal and chips y1 is normally used; on roads with higher traffic double seal and chips is used and; when paving gravel roads, single seal with a graded aggregate y1g is used. Pavement inventories are carried out every third year since 1971. They have made it possible to calculate the annual cost for different types of pavement. Surface treatments give lower annual cost than other types of pavement for roads with less traffic than 5000 vehicles per day. It should be noted that resealing with chips generally is preceded by an operation using premix to adjust surface irregularities. On gravel roads, surface treatment with graded aggregate often is an economical alternative to continued gravel road maintenance. The technical development and the methods of laying surface treatments are also discussed in this paper. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers from the 9th IRF World Meeting. Roads Into the Future--Road Maintenance--TS5, held in Stockholm, June 1-5, 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA

  Svenska Vaegfoereningens Foerlags AB

  P.O. Box 27115
  S-102 52 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • BERGFALK, L
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 59-70
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Institution of Civil Engineers
  • Publisher: Institution of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chippings; Coarse aggregates; Conferences; Costs; Gravel roads; Highway maintenance; Inventory; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Pavements; Reduction (Chemistry); Seal coats; Surface treating
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Old TRIS Terms: Graded coarse aggregate; Reduction
• ITRD Terms: 4585: Chippings; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 9009: Decrease; 9035: Inventory; 2986: Low cost road; 3847: Maintenance; 2955: Pavement; 2973: Sealing coat (on top of the surfacing); 2984: Surface dressing; 8109: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00348081
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 0-7277-0109-6
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM