TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Right-of-way forestry
JO  - Transportation research record
A1  - Young, Harold E.
A1  - Hatton, David B.
SP  - 14
EP  - 16
VL  - 913
IS  - 
N2  - Since World War II, the landscape-architecture approach to the maintenance of the right-of-way (ROW) of our major highway systems has been most commendable. The grade of the nonpaved portion of the ROW has been aesthetically maintained by planting grass and a combination of woody shrubs and trees. This was accomplished at relatively low cost compared with the annual new-highway construction budget. Since 1978, widespread inflation has caused a marked reduction in annual transportation department budgets, which has made a review of maintenance costs necessary. An alternative approach to ROW maintenance is forestry. This should reduce costs considerably and under normal economic conditions should actually yield a net profit. In addition, ROW forestry will produce many thousands of tons of biomass annually for energy, food and fodder, and feedstock for the chemical industries. (Author)   Record URL:   http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1983/913/913-004.pdf<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-1981
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -