Rural road maintenance
Introduction
Rural roads are low-volume traffic routes that link villages and small towns. They are access routes to goods and services, such as health and education, serving the rural population, and they connect agricultural, mining and forestry farms with regional routes and markets. They are the tertiary, secondary and penetration paths. They can help promote rural development, but they also produce significant negative environmental impacts.[1] They are typically unpaved, or have a thin layer of asphalt; They are narrower and the curves are tighter and the slopes are steeper than those on highways. They can be all-season or only temporary and often have fords or ferries instead of bridges. Roads that cross rural regions, whether paved or not, are covered in the article road.
Environmental impact
Contenido
Los caminos rurales, como prácticamente todas las intervenciones humanas producen una serie de impactos ambientales. Estos incluyen los efectos directos que ocurren en el sitio de la construcción y los alrededores de la vía de pasaje autorizado y los indirectos en la región colindante. A menudo, estos impactos indirectos son mucho mayores que los directos.
Direct impacts
The main direct environmental impact associated with rural roads is erosion. Indeed, in very steep areas and with a lot of rainfall "Precipitation (meteorology)") it is common for poor maintenance of the drainage system to cause local flooding and erosion on the edges of the road. On the other hand, in flat areas, it can cut off the natural flow of water. Adequate maintenance of roads is essential to avoid environmental and socioeconomic problems, which is why a couple of leaps into the future are made.
Another source of pollution originating from rural roads is associated with the production of dust that can harm crops near the roads and even be harmful to health. On the other hand, the noise caused by traffic can also have harmful effects on humans and animals.
Other possible sources of water and soil contamination are chemicals that are sprayed along the road or on authorized passageways to control weeds and dust.