DIRT GRAVEL AND LOW VOLUME ROAD
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
A WATER QUALITY PROGRAM
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE MAINTENANCE (ESM) FOR LOW-
VOLUME ROADS
• REDUCE CONCENTRATED DRAINAGE.
• REDUCE SEDIMENT POLLUTION.
• REDUCE IMPACT OF ROAD ON THE LAND.
• REDUCE LONG-TERM ROAD MAINTENANCE COSTS.
CONSERVATION DISTRICT ROLE
• ADMINISTER PROGRAM ON COUNTY LEVEL.
• OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
• ASSESSMENT OF SITES
• WORK WITH APPLICANTS ON PROJECTS AND PERMITTING.
• CONDUCT INSPECTIONS DURING AND AFTER WORK IS COMPLETED.
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
• PUBLIC ENTITIES THAT OWN ROADS
• MUNICIPALITIES
• STATE ENTITIES SUCH AS:
• PENNDOT, GAME COMMISSION, FISH & BOAT
• COUNTY AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
• FEDERAL ROADS AND PRIVATE ROADS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
• PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT MUST BE ESM CERTIFIED
• CERTIFICATION TRAINING BEING HELD IN DAUPHIN COUNTY JULY 12 AND
13, 2017
CERTIFIED MUNICIPALITIES IN ADAMS COUNTY
TOWNSHIPS
FRANKLIN
HAMILTONBAN
CUMBERLAND
TYRONE
GERMANY
CONEWAGO
HAMILTON
UNION
MOUNT JOY
READING
STRABAN
MENALLEN
LIBERTY
HUNTINGTON
BOROUGH
EAST BERLIN
ELIGIBLE PROJECTS
• ENVIRONMENTAL AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT FOCUS
• USE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE MAINTENANCE PRACTICES
• REDUCE SEDIMENT
• REDUCE CONCENTRATED DRAINAGE
• FOCUS ON LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS
• NOT FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SUCH AS CLEANING INLETS, STREET
SWEEPING, ETC.
• NOT FOR NEGLECTED MAINTENANCE WITH NO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
COMPLETED WORKSITES LOW-VOLUME PAVED
SURFACES
ROCK VALLEY ROAD
ROCK VALLEY ROAD TYRONE TOWNSHIP
SUMMER TO FALL 2016
ROCK VALLEY ROAD – SITE 4
• WORK ON ROADSIDE DITCHES
• STORMWATER INLETS AND PIPING
• PREVENT DIRECT DISCHARGE OF DITCHES TO THE STREAM
ROCK VALLEY ROAD
BEFORE AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
AFTER
ROCK VALLEY ROAD
BEFORE AFTER
STORM SYSTEM
ROCK VALLEY ROAD - SITE 3
• WORK ON ROADSIDE DITCHES
• DRIVEWAY CULVERTS
• PREVENT DIRECT DISCHARGE OF DITCHES TO THE STREAM
ROCK VALLEY ROAD DITCHES- BEFORE
BEFORE
AFTER
AFTER
DITCHES AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
DIRT AND GRAVEL ROAD –COMPLETED
BITTLE ROAD
BITTLE ROAD PHASE 1 CULVERT REPLACEMENT
A 24” ROUND PIPE WAS REPLACED WITH A CONCRETE BOX CULVERT
• THE 6 FOOT WIDE BOX CULVERT WAS PLACED THE END OF JANUARY
2017.
BITTLE ROAD – LOOKING UPSTREAM – BEFORE AND AFTER
STREAM CROSSING DISCHARGE – BEFORE AND AFTER
ENTERING CULVERT
DISCHARGE
CONTRACTED 2016 – TO BE COMPLETED IN 2017
• TOTAL CONTRACTED AMOUNT – OVER $239,000 IN THESE 4
CONTRACTED SITES
• ULRICKTOWN ROAD
• BITTLE ROAD PHASE 1 – FINAL STABILIZATION IN MAY
• JACK ROAD
• MILTENBERGER ROAD – WORK HAS BEGUN
LOW VOLUME PAVED ROADS
• ULRICKTOWN ROAD
• CULVERT REPLACEMENT
• REALIGNMENT OF STRUCTURE
STREAM ENTERING 24” PIPE
EROSION OF STREAM AT DISCHARGE
DIRT AND GRAVEL ROADS
• BITTLE ROAD PHASE 2 – GERMANY TOWNSHIP
• DITCH WORK ALONG STEEP SLOPE
• DITCHES DIRECTED TO FACILITY TO SPREAD OUT DISCHARGE
• STREAM CROSSING REPLACEMENT (BOX CULVERT)
• DRIVING SURFACE AGGREGATE (DSA) PLACEMENT
STEEP SLOPE – ROAD MATERIAL DEPOSITED ALONG FARM FIELD
STREAM CROSSING
STREAM CROSSING – DISCHARGE
ADAMS COUNTY ALLOCATION
2016-2017
• DIRT AND GRAVEL ROADS - $100,000
• LOW-VOLUME PAVED ROADS – $121,803
ADAMS COUNTY
DIRT AND GRAVEL LOW VOLUME
• FUNDED SITE MILES: 1
• CONTRACTED SITES: 1
• COMPLETED SITES: 6
• TOTAL EXPENDITURES:
$240,121.53
• FUNDED SITE MILES: 13
• CONTRACTED SITES: 3
• COMPLETED SITES: 15
• TOTAL EXPENDITURES:
$457,934.68
APPLICATIONS - FEB. 1, 2017
• 4 APPLICATIONS (2 OF THESE ARE ON AGENDA TO APPROVE
CONTRACTS AT THE MAY MEETING)
• TOTALING OVER $160,000
APPLICATIONS – MAY 1, 2017
• I APPLICATION CAME IN REQUESTING FUNDING
NEXT APPLICATION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• CENTER FOR DIRT AND GRAVEL ROAD STUDIES AT PENN STATE
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