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LARIMER COUNTY RURAL AREA ROAD STANDARDS

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Chapter 12 – Right of Way Permitting and Construction Standards for Facilities Located in Public Right of WaySection 12.4 Developing a “Quality” Approach to Road Repairsb. Do not allow the edges of patches to fall in existing wheel paths. The edgesof patches parallel to the direction of traffic shall be limited to the boundariesof lanes or to the centerline of travel lanes.NOT ACCEPTABLEACCEPTABLEc. Patches should have a smooth longitudinal grade consistent with the existingroadway. Patches should also have a cross slope or cross section consistentwith the design of the existing roadway.NOT ACCEPTABLEACCEPTABLECross SlopeCross SlopePatchPatch12.4.5 Future MaintenanceWill the repair pose any future maintenance problems or make future maintenance moredifficult?1. Excavations and road repairs, even when well constructed, shorten a pavement’slife. Several types of road distress, settlement, alligator cracking, and potholes,often show up around patches. Quality road repairs should attempt to reduce theoccurrence of these types of distress.Larimer County Rural Area Road Standards Page 12-17October 22, 2007

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