Roadside Revegetation

PLANNING PHASE ONE: ORIENT
Figure 4-8 | Cut and fill slopes
often define revegetation units
Major road components such as cut
slopes, fill slopes and abandoned road
sections often define revegetation units
because of similar soils, objectives, and
revegetation treatments. This road
project has 4 revegetation units that
correspond to cut slopes, fill slopes,
abandoned road, and bioretention
swale.
Figure 4-9 | Revegetation objectives
and treatments are defined
for each revegetation unit
This revegetation unit map was based
on soil types, road components, and
revegetation objectives. Each unit has
a desired future condition and types of
treatment that will be employed.
The road objective for the road reconstruction project described below was to reduce existing
curves for traffic safety while increasing pollinator habitat and decreasing the effects of road
runoff and soil erosion on water quality. The road plans call for realigning the road, leaving an
abandoned section of road, and greater area in cut slopes. During the planning phase, four
revegetation units were identified based on soils and road objectives. Revegetation Unit I is
the abandoned section of road to be restored by removing pavement, subsoiling the subbase,
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