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Drought Effects on Our Roads, now and the future

Idea Submitted by:
Beverly Baron
List your MnDOT Office,District,City, County, Univ. or Other:
Office of Materials and Road Research, MnROAD
Idea Champion - Who at MnDOT/LRRB? :
Bruce Tanquist

Why is this a priority for the State/County/City? : Identify distress areas. Determine if changes to current design standards, construction and maintenance operations may be necessary, and how to implement.

Project Type - MnDOT or LRRB / Research, Implementation or TRS:
MnDOT Research
Idea Status (moderator):
Hold for FY15 research solicitation

The Southern part of our state is in an extreme drought

area. We are experiencing extreme weather and need

to be prepared. If the subbase or soil has dried, and shrinks, asphalt will crack, concrete will have voids. Infrastructure could be affected - such as more dips around culverts, broken pipes.

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Submitted by Beverly.Baron 3 months ago

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  1. philip.schaffner
    Agreed
    3 months ago

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  1. The idea was posted
    3 months ago

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  1. philip.schaffner

    MnDOT has submitted a proposal to FHWA to conduct a vulnerability assessment in Districts 1 & 6 related to flash flooding. Our climatologists are telling us that we are likely to see simultaneous drought and flood conditions often in neighboring counties or even the same county. This proposal to look at drought effects could be a nice complement to the flash flood vulnerability assessment.

    3 months ago
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  2. nick.thompson

    A third part of this could be to look at the impacts that could occur if freeze thaw cycles make significant changes from past history

    3 months ago
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