MITIGATING CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS ON RURAL AND URBAN HIGHWAYS

The image of the typical state transportation agency has evolved from that of an organization that cared little for environmental impacts to one that has integrated mitigation of impacts on the environment into the project development process. Three examples are documented of how two state transportation agencies are implementing mitigative steps in historic preservation, noise abatement, and preservation of the natural environment during the construction phase of project development.

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• Authors:
  • Harris, Roswell A
  • Cohn, Louis F
  • Bowlby, William
  • Tate, Albert L
  • Brisson, Raymond
• Conference:
  • 63rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1984-1-16 to 1984-1-20
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 42-44
• Monograph Title: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF TRANSPORTATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 963
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Environmental impacts; Historic preservation; Noise control; Road construction; Rural highways; Urban highways
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Highways; History; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394982
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037190
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM