| BMP ID: |
5532 |
| Title: |
Avoid steep road grades in excess of 12 to 18%. |
| Text: |
"Roadway Surface Drainage Control: Avoid steep road grades in excess of 12 to 18%. It is very difficult and expensive to properly control drainage on steep grades." |
| Source Publication Name: |
Low-Volume Roads Engineering: Best Management Practices Field Guide |
| Citation Section: |
Chapter 7: Drainage of Low-Volume Roads |
| Citation Page: |
56 |
| Supplemental Documents: |
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| Usage Type: |
Recommended |
| Timing: |
• Construction / Siting / Design
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| Oil / Gas Field: |
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| Surface Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Mineral Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Primary Contact: |
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| Alternate Contact: |
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| Categories: |
Land Surface Disturbance
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| Location: |
General / Federal |
| Species: |
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| Vegetation Types: |
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| General Comments: |
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| Cost-Benefit Analysis: |
"It is very difficult and expensive to properly control drainage on steep grades." |
| BMP Efficacy: |
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| Date Entered: |
2009-05-26 17:06 UTC |
| Last Updated: |
2011-07-17 12:38 UTC |
