Surface dressing can be used successfully on roads of all types, from the country lane that carries only an occasional vehicle to trunk roads and motorways carrying many thousands of vehicles a day. It provides a low-cost and basically simple form of maintenance but it frequently happens that less attention is paid to its control and supervision than is given to more expensive forms of construction. Lack of care may shorten the useful life of surface dressing, and the benefits of adequate control, particularly in the period when traffic is first allowed to pass over the new dressing, cannot be emphasized too strongly. The recommendations contained in this revised note are based on systematic full-scale trials and experiments undertaken over a period of many years by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory in close collaboration with various highway authorities and with industry. The note is designed to give guidance on the preparation of specifications necessary to cater for the wide range of traffic conditions and type of road surface likely to be encountered. Managers and supervisors of surface dressing programs should also consult 'A Guide to Road Surface Dressing Practice' which constitutes a code of practice on the execution of surface dressing operations. (Copyright (c) Crown Copyright 1981.)


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Recommendations for Road Surface Dressing


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    29 pages



    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Recommendations for road surface dressing

    Transport and Road Research Laboratory, Crowthorne | TIBKAT | 1972



    Design guide for road surface dressing

    Nicholls, J. C. / Großbritannien, Road Engineering and Environmental Division | TIBKAT | 1996


    A guide to road surface dressing practice

    Nelson, J. R. / Hardman, R. | TIBKAT | 1980