Low-Volume Road Engineering

"Everything that sustains us – grown, mined, or drilled – begins its journey to us on a low-volume road (Long)." Defined as roads with traffic volumes of no more than 400 vehicles per day, they have enormous impacts on economies, communication, and social interaction. Low-volume roads comprise, at one end of the spectrum, farm-to-market roads, roads in developing countries, northern roads, roads on aboriginal lands and parklands; and at the other end of the spectrum, heavy haul roads for mining, oil and gas, oil sands extraction, and forestry.

Low-Volume Road Engineering: Design, Construction, and Maintenance

Topics covered include the following:

• Road classification, location, and geometric design
• Pavement concepts, materials, and thickness design
• Drainage, erosion and sediment control, and watercrossings
• Slope stability
• Geosynthetics
• Road construction, maintenance, and maintenance management

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