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NCHRP Synthesis 20-05/Topic 42-09 [Final (Synthesis)]

Cost-effective and Sustainable Road Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control
[ NCHRP 20-05 (Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices) ]

  Project Data
Funds: $35,000
Staff Responsibility: Gail R. Staba
Effective Date: 7/1/2010
Fiscal Year: 2010

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 430: Cost-Effective and Sustainable Road Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control presents information on cost-effective and sustainable road slope stabilization techniques, with a focus on shallow or near-surface slope stabilization and related erosion control methods used on low-volume roads.

The report address topic planning, site investigation, erosion control techniques, soil bioengineering and biotechnical techniques, mechanical stabilization, and earthwork techniques.

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