Identifying Influencing Factors on Paved Roads Silt Loading
Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
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The factors that influence the increase or decrease of silt loadings on paved roadways have not been fully quantitatively investigated. They were identified in this study based on the quarterly silt loading sampling data collected from 20 sites by the Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management in Southern Nevada for the period from 2000 to 2003. The silt-loading and associated data collected over these years at one sampling site may inherently possess site-specific characteristics that can be better incorporated by using panel data models. The factors that are identified as significant are the presence of curbs and gutters, shoulder type, pavement conditions, and the presence of construction activities in the vicinity of roadways. The presence of curbs and gutters, stabilized shoulders, and good pavement conditions would result in decreased silt loadings. Conversely, the presence of construction activities within the immediate vicinity of sampled areas would result in increases of silt loadings on the roadway surfaces. Based on the analysis of the results, it was recommended that constructing curbs, gutters and stabilized shoulders, preventing or reducing construction track-out from construction activity, and improving pavement conditions be the preferred control measures to reduce silt-loading on paved roadways.
Air quality; Air quality management; Asphalt; Environmental management; Pavements; Pavements; Asphalt; Roads
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Civil Engineering | Construction Engineering and Management | Risk Analysis | Structural Engineering
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Teng, H. (.,
James, D. E.,
Identifying Influencing Factors on Paved Roads Silt Loading.
Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 57(7),