MOTORWAYS IN THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT

SYMPATHETIC ALIGNMENT, DESIGN, PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE CAN MAKE A NOTEWORTHY CONTRIBUTION TO CONSERVATION BY PRODUCING A ROAD SO IN TUNE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS THAT IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEM, NOT AN INTRUDER IN THE LANDSCAPE. FOR EXAMPLE, ALIGNMENT WHICH RESPECTS TOPOGRAPHY AND LAND USE; DETAILED DESIGN WHICH MAKES THE ROAD VISUALLY ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH USER AND THE PERSON SEEING IT FROM OUTSIDE; PLANTING, WHICH EMPHASIZES THE VARIATIONS IN TYPE OF COUNTRY AND IS DICTATED BY THE LOCAL PATTERN OF VEGETATION AND MAINTENANCE WHICH MAKES THE ROADSIDES AND PLANTED AREAS MORE A PART OF THE COUNTRYSIDE THAN OF THE ROAD. THESE ITEMS REDUCE THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THE ROAD AND PROVIDE INTEREST FOR THE ROAD USER AND VARIED HABITATS FOR FLORA AND FAUNA. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 17, No 7, PP 19-22
• Authors:
  • Porter, M R
• Publication Date: 1970-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Institution of Highway Engineers, Journal of
  • Publisher: Industrial Newspaper Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Conservation; Highway design; Highway maintenance; Highway planning; Planting; Rural highways
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203504
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 2 1970 12:00AM