DEFERRED MAINTENANCE

This study investigated deferred maintenance as it concerned roadside vegetation control and drainage. It was also designed to develop the basis for a deferred maintenance program. Field work revealed that vegetation growth control, especially mowing, was being sharply reduced and that most states visited were rewriting their standards to reflect this. Maintenance deferral for drainage facilities, which are less visible, was even more dramatic; maintenance was performed on an as-needed basis, in many cases only when some catastrophic event such as flooding occurred. Major consequences of deferred maintenance were considered in relation to safety, condition of facilities, liability, social and environmental effects, and level of service. A methodology for developing a deferred maintenance program was formulated. This method, which consists of five discrete steps, has the potential to allow selection of maintenance activities to be deferred and determination of the deferment period that has a minimum of risk.

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• Authors:
  • Creech, Marion F
• Conference:
  • 60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1981-1-12 to 1981-1-16
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 15-22
• Monograph Title: GUIDEWAY SNOW AND ICE CONTROL AND ROADSIDE MAINTENANCE
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 776
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deferred maintenance; Drainage structures; Environmental impacts; Level of service; Liability; Mowing; Roadside; Safety; Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334201
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309031214
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM