Citation

Young HE, Hatton DB. Transp. Res. Rec. 1983; 913: 14-16.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Since World War II, the landscape-architecture approach to the maintenance of the right-of-way (ROW) of our major highway systems has been most commendable. The grade of the nonpaved portion of the ROW has been aesthetically maintained by planting grass and a combination of woody shrubs and trees. This was accomplished at relatively low cost compared with the annual new-highway construction budget. Since 1978, widespread inflation has caused a marked reduction in annual transportation department budgets, which has made a review of maintenance costs necessary. An alternative approach to ROW maintenance is forestry. This should reduce costs considerably and under normal economic conditions should actually yield a net profit. In addition, ROW forestry will produce many thousands of tons of biomass annually for energy, food and fodder, and feedstock for the chemical industries. (Author)

Record URL:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1983/913/913-004.pdf

Language: en

Keywords

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LOGGING