Billingsly_creek_appendix_c.pdf

APPENDIX C – Road Maintenance Specifications

Contractor shall maintain roads in accordance with the following Contract Road Maintenance Requirements Summary:

Contract Road Maintenance Requirements Summary

Road Termini

Miles Applicable Prehaul Road Maintenance Specifications

From To 801 802 803 805 807 809 810 31711 SR 14 Contract

Area Boundary

1.6 P P P P P P P

31725 31711 Contract Area

Boundary

0.45 P P P P P P P

31726 31711 End 0.4 P P P P P P P 30164 SR !4 Contract

Area Boundary

1.3 P P P P P P P

30167 3164 End 1.7 P P P P P P P U2766 3711 Contract

Area Boundary

0.60 P P P P P P

U2052 30167 End 0.70 P P P P P P 34134 30164 End 0.3 P P P P P P P U2036 30164 End 1.0 P P P P P P P 33151 30164 30164 0.3 P P P P P P P 34135 31551 End 0.4 P P P P P P P 33583 30164 34135 0.3 P P P P P P P

P = Contractor Performance Item, D = Deposit to Forest Service, D3 = Deposit to Third Party

Miles Applicable During Haul Road Maintenance Specifications

From To 801 802 803 805 807 809 31711 SR 14 Contract

Area Boundary

1.6 P P P P P P

31725 31711 Contract Area

Boundary

.45 P P P P P P

31726 31711 End 0.4 P P P P P P 30164 SR !4 Contract

Area Boundary

1.3 P P P P P P

30167 3164 End 1.7 P P P P P P U2766 3711 Contract

Area Boundary

.60 P P P P P P

U2052 30167 End .70 P P P P P P 34134 30164 End 0.3 P P P P P P U2036 30164 End 1.0 P P P P P P 33151 30164 30164 0.3 P P P P P P 34135 31551 End 0.4 P P P P P P 33583 30164 34135 0.3 P P P P P P

Appendix C-12026120R4001

Miles Applicable Post Haul Road Maintenance Specifications

From To 801 802 803 805 807 809 31711 SR 14 Contract

Area Boundary

1.6 P P P P P P

30164 SR !4 Contract Area

Boundary

1.3 P P P P P P

Road Maintenance T-Specifications for

Integrated Resource Contracts

No. Specification Title

T-800 Definitions

T-801 Slide and Slump Repair

T-802 Ditch Cleaning

T-803 Surface Blading

T805 Drainage Structures

T807 Roadway Vegetation

T809 Waterbars

T810 Barriers

SPECIFICATION T-800 DEFINITIONS

Wherever the following terms or pronouns are used in Specifications T-801 through T-811, the intent and meaning shall be interpreted as follows:

800-1.1 - Agreement. Maintenance projects require a mutually acceptable method to resolve the problems which arise when incompatible situations arise between drawings and specifications and actual conditions on the ground to allow orderly and satisfactory progress of the maintenance.

These specifications have been developed in anticipation of those problem areas and have provided that such changes will be by Agreement.

It is intended that drawings and specifications will govern unless "on-the-ground" conditions warrant otherwise, when specifications call for "Agreement", "agreed", or "approval" such Agreement or approval shall be promptly confirmed in writing.

800-1.2 - Annual Road Maintenance Plan. A plan prepared by various users of one or several roads. The plan is an Agreement on maintenance responsibilities to be performed for the coming year.

800-1.3 - Base Course. Material used to reinforce Subgrade or, as shown on drawings, placed on Subgrade to distribute wheel loads.

800-1.4 - Berm. Curb or dike constructed to prevent Roadway runoff water from discharging onto embankment slope.

800-1.5 - Borrow. Select Material taken from designated borrow sites.

800-1.6 - Crown, Inslope, and Outslope. The cross slope of the Traveled Way to aid in drainage and traffic maneuverability.

800-1.7 - Culverts. A conduit or passageway under a road, trail, or other obstruction. A culvert differs from a bridge in that it is usually entirely below the elevation of the Traveled Way.

800-1.8 - Drainage Dip. A dip in the Traveled Way which intercepts surface runoff and diverts the water off the Traveled Way. A Drainage Dip does not block the movement of traffic.

800-1.9 - Drainage Structures. Manufactured structures which control the runoff of water from the Roadway including Inslope, overside drains, aprons, flumes, downdrains, downpipes, and the like.

800-1.10 - Dust Abatement Plan. A table which lists the road, dust palliative, application rates, and estimated number of subsequent applications.

800-1.11 - Lead-off Ditches. A ditch used to transmit water from a Drainage Structure or Drainage Dip outlet to the natural drainage area.

800-1.12 - Material. Any substances specified for use in the performance of the work.

800-1.13 - Prehaul Maintenance. Road maintenance work which must be accomplished to maintain the roads to a satisfactory condition commensurate with the Contractor's use, provided Contractor's Operations do not damage improvements under G.2.2 or National Forest resources and hauling can be done safely. This work will be shown in the Annual Road Maintenance Plan as provided in KT-FT.3.1#.

Prehaul Maintenance work the Contractor elects to perform will be in compliance with the Road Maintenance T-Specifications.

800-1.14 - Roadbed. The portion of a road between the intersection of Subgrade and sideslopes, excluding that portion of the ditch below Subgrade.

800-1.15 - Road Maintenance Plan. A table which shows applicable road maintenance specifications to be performed by Contractor on specific roads.

800-1.16 - Roadside. A general term denoting the area adjoining the outer edge of the Roadway.

800-1.17 - Roadway. The portion of a road within the limits of excavation and embankment.

800-1.18 - Shoulder. That portion of Roadway contiguous with Traveled Way for accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use, and lateral support of base and Surface Course, if any.

800-1.19 - Slide. A concentrated deposit of Materials from above or on backslope extending onto the Traveled Way or Shoulders, whether caused by mass land movements or accumulated ravelling.

800-1.20 - Slough. Material eroded from the backslope which partially or completely blocks the ditch, but does not encroach on the Traveled Way so as to block passage of traffic.

800-1.21 - Slump. A localized portion of the Roadbed which has slipped or otherwise become lower than that of the adjacent Roadbed and constitutes a hazard to traffic.

800-1.22 - Special Project Specifications. Specifications which detail conditions and requirements peculiar to the individual project.

800-1.23 - Subgrade. Top surface of Roadbed upon which Base Course or Surface Course is constructed.

For roads without Base Course or Surface Course, that portion of Roadbed prepared as the finished wearing surface.

800-1.24 - Surface Course. The Material placed on Base Course or Subgrade primarily to resist abrasion and the effects of climate. Surface Course may be referred to as surfacing.

800-1.25 - Surface Treatment Plan. A table which lists the roads and surface treatments to be applied.

800-1.26 - Traveled Way. That portion of Roadway, excluding Shoulders, used for the movement of vehicles.

800-1.27 - Turnouts. That portion of the Traveled Way constructed as additional width on single lane roads to allow for safe passing of vehicles.

800-1.28 - Water Source. A place designated on the Road Maintenance Map for acquiring water for road maintenance purposes.

800-1.29 - Waterbar. A dip in the Roadbed which intercepts surface runoff and diverts the water off the Roadway. A Waterbar is not designed to be traversable by logging trucks.

SPECIFICATION T-801 SLIDE AND SLUMP REPAIR

DESCRIPTION

1.1 Slide removal is the removal from Roadway and disposal of any Material, such as soil, rock, and vegetation that cannot be routinely handled by a motorgrader during Ditch Cleaning, T-802, and Surface Blading, T-803 Operations.

Slump repair is the filling of depressions or washouts in Roadway which cannot be routinely filled by a motor grader during Surface Blading, T-803 Operations.

Slide removal and Slump repair includes excavation, loading, hauling, placing, and compacting of waste or replacement Material and the development of disposal or borrow areas.

REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Slide Material, including soil, rock and vegetative matter which encroaches into the Roadway, shall be removed. The slope which generated the Slide Material shall be reshaped during the removal of the Slide Material with the excavation and loading equipment. Slide Material deposited on the fillslope and below the Traveled Way will not be removed unless needed for slope stability or to protect adjacent resources.

Surface and Base Courses shall not be excavated during Slide removal operations.

Slide Material which cannot be used for other beneficial purposes shall be disposed of at disposal sites shown on Contract Area Map. Material placed in disposal sites will not require compaction unless compaction is shown on Road Maintenance Plan.

3.2 When filling Slumps or washouts, Material shall be moved from agreed locations or borrow sites, placed in layers, and compacted by operating the hauling and spreading equipment uniformly over the full width of each layer.

Existing aggregate surfacing shall be salvaged when practical and relaid after depressions have been filled.

Damaged aggregate base, aggregate surfacing, and bituminous pavement shall be repaired under Specification T-804 Surfacing Repair.

The repaired areas of the Slump shall conform to the cross-section which existed prior to the Slump and shall blend with the adjacent undisturbed Traveled Way.

3.3 The maximum volume of Contractor responsibility for Slide and Slump repair is shown on Road Maintenance Plan. Greater volumes of Slide and Slump repair not qualifying as Catastrophic Damage are Forest Service responsibility.

SPECIFICATION T-802 DITCH CLEANING

1.1 Ditch cleaning is removing and disposing of all Slough Material from Roadway ditches to provide a free-draining waterway.

REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Ditch cleaning shall be repeated during the year as often as necessary to facilitate proper drainage.

3.2 All Slough Material or other debris which might obstruct water flow in the Roadway ditch shall be removed.

Material removed from the ditch, if suitable, may be blended into existing native road surface or Shoulder or placed in designated Berms in conjunction with Surface Blading T-803 operations.

Material removed from ditches that is not by Agreement blended into existing roads or placed in Berms shall be loaded and hauled to the disposal site designated by the Forest Service.

3.3 Roadway backslope or Berm shall not be undercut.

SPECIFICATION T-803 SURFACE BLADING

1.1 Surface blading is keeping a native or aggregate Roadbed in a condition to facilitate traffic and provide proper drainage. It includes maintaining the Crown, Inslope or Outslope of the Traveled Way, Turnouts, and Shoulder; repairing Berms; blending approach road intersections; and cleaning bridge decks, Drainage Dips, and Lead-off Ditches.

REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Surface blading shall be performed before, during, and after Contractor's use as often as necessary to facilitate traffic and proper drainage.

3.2 The surface blading shall preserve the existing cross-section. Surface irregularities shall be eliminated and the surface left in a free-draining state and to a smoothness needed to facilitate traffic. Surface Material which has been displaced to the Shoulders or Turnouts shall be returned to the Traveled Way. The blading operation shall be conducted to prevent the loss of surface Material and to provide for a thorough mixing of the Material being worked.

3.3 Water, taken from Water Sources designated on Contract Area Map, shall be applied during blading if sufficient moisture is not present to cut, mix, or compact the surface Material.

3.4 On native surfaced roads, Material generated from backslope Sloughing, and ditch cleaning may be blended with the surface Material being worked. On aggregate surfaced roads this Material shall not be blended with Surface or Base Course Material unless agreed otherwise.

3.5 Roadway backslopes or Berms shall not be undercut, nor shall new Berms be established unless agreed otherwise.

Berms shall be repaired by placing Material, as needed to restore the Berm, to reasonably blend with existing line, grade, and cross-section.

3.6 Drainage Dips and Lead-off Ditches shall be cleaned and maintained to reasonably blend with existing line, grade, and cross-section.

3.7 Intersecting roads shall be bladed for a distance of 50 feet to assure proper blending of the two riding surfaces.

3.8 Rocks or other Material remaining on the Traveled Way after the final pass that are larger than 4 inches in diameter or are larger than the maximum size of imported surfacing shall be removed from the Traveled Way.

Unless otherwise designated by the Forest Service, the oversized Material shall be disposed of by sidecasting.

Sidecasting into streams, lakes, or water courses will not be permitted.

3.9 Material resulting from work under this specification shall not remain on or in structures, such as Culverts, overside drains, cattleguards, ditches, Drainage Dips, and the like.

3.10 Material resulting from work under this specification, plus any accumulated debris, shall be removed from bridge decks and the deck drains opened.

805 DRAINAGE STRUCTURES

1.1 This work consists of maintaining Drainage Structures and related items such as inlet and outlet channels, existing riprap, trash racks, and dropinlets.

MATERIALS

2.1 All Materials used in the maintenance of Drainage Structures shall conform by type and specification to the Material in the structure being maintained.

REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Drainage Structures and related items shall be cleared of all foreign Material which has been deposited above the bottom of the structure and all vegetative growth which interferes with the flow pattern. Material removed that cannot be incorporated into maintenance work shall be hauled to a disposal site designated by the Forest Service.

3.2 If outlet or inlet riprap was installed by Contractor as a construction item or existed prior to Contractor's haul, it shall be maintained in good condition including the replacement of riprap if necessary to previous line, grade, and cross-section.

3.3 Perform maintenance to insure the proper functioning of the head walls, aprons, inlet assemblies, overside drains, riprap, trash racks, and other facilities related to the Drainage Structure.

T-805-1

SPECIFICATION T-807 ROADWAY VEGETATION

1.1 This work consists of cutting and disposing of all vegetative growth, including trees on roadway surfaces and roadsides that reduce sight distance and operational capability of the road within the clearing limits as described in the Road Maintenance Plan.

REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Cut brush, trees and other vegetative matter within the clearing limits to a maximum height of 6 inches above the ground surface or obstruction such as rocks or existing stumps which reduces sight distance, impedes vehicular travel or interferes with road maintenance operations, such as surface blading and ditch and culvert cleaning shall be removed. Timber meeting utilization standards shall be cut in appropriate lengths and decked along the Roadside in locations where the Traveled Way or sight distances will not be impaired.

3.2 Any items to remain will be Designated by the Forest Service.

3.3 Trim tree branches that extend over the road surface and shoulders to attain a clear height of 14 feet.

When trees are limbed, cut limbs within 4 inches or less of the trunk.. If required, remove other branches to present a balanced appearance.

3.4 Work may be performed either by hand or mechanically unless specifically shown in the Road Maintenance Plan. Self-propelled equipment is not allowed on cut and fill slopes or in ditches.

3.5 Vegetative matter and nonmerchantable timber cut from the Clearing Limits shall be treated by the specified method as required by KT GT.7# - SLASH TREATMENT.

T-807-1

T-807-2

SPECIFICATION T-809 WATERBARS

1.1 This work consists of installing or removing Waterbars in the Roadbed.

REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Waterbars shall be installed on roads shown on Road Maintenance Plan in accordance with the attached drawings and at locations designated or staked on the ground.

All Material excavated shall be used in the installation of the Waterbar. Bermed Material shall be compacted by operating heavy equipment over the length and width of the Berm.

3.2 Waterbars shall be removed on roads shown on Road Maintenance Plan by blading the Berm into the adjacent depression to form a smooth transition along the Traveled Way. The length and width of the fill Material shall be compacted by the equipment performing the work.

3.3 Waterbars may be required to be installed between seasons of use and then removed when haul is resumed. Waterbar installation may also be required when use of a road has been completed.

T-809-1

T-810 Barriers,

1.1 This work shall consist of furnishing, installing, or removing barriers. Gates are not included.

MATERIALS

2.1 Materials for barriers shall meet the requirements as shown on attached drawings.

REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Barriers shall be installed in accordance with the attached drawings.

The location of barriers to be removed or installed is shown on Contract Area Map. Installation or removal may occur as often as road use is terminated and resumed.

ROAD MAINTENANCE PLAN

Billingsly Creek Stewardship Contract

T-801 SLIDE AND SLUMP REPAIR

Slide Material, including soil, rock and vegetative matter which encroaches into the Roadway, shall be removed. The slope which generated the Slide Material shall be reshaped during the removal of the Slide Material with the excavation and loading equipment. Slide Material deposited on the fillslope and below the Traveled Way will not be removed unless needed for slope stability or to protect adjacent resources.

Surface and Base Courses shall not be excavated during Slide removal operations.

Slide Material which cannot be used for other beneficial purposes shall be disposed of at disposal sites shown on Sale Area Map. Material placed in disposal sites will not require compaction unless compaction is shown on Road Maintenance Plan.

T-802 Ditch Cleaning

Ditch Cleaning on the roads listed in the Pre haul, During Haul and Post Haul Maintenance tables shall be completed as needed in conjunction with T-803 Surface Blading.

T-803 Surface Blading

Roads listed in Pre haul, During Haul and Post Haul Maintenance Table with surface blading. Surface blading shall be performed before, during, and after Contractor's use as often as necessary to facilitate traffic and proper drainage.

T-805 Drainage Structures

Drainage Structures and related items shall be cleared of all foreign Material which has been deposited above the bottom of the structure and all vegetative growth which interferes with the flow pattern. Material removed that cannot be incorporated into maintenance work shall be hauled to a disposal site designated by the Forest Service.

If outlet or inlet riprap was installed by Contractor as a construction item or existed prior to Contractor's haul, it shall be maintained in good condition including the replacement of riprap if necessary to previous line, grade, and cross-section.

Perform maintenance to insure the proper functioning of the head walls, aprons, inlet assemblies, overside drains, riprap, trash racks, and other facilities related to the Drainage Structure.

T-807 Roadway Vegetation

Roads listed in Pre Haul and During Haul Maintenance tables.

Vegetative matter within the Roadway which impedes vehicular travel or interferes with road maintenance operations, such as surface blading and ditch and culvert cleaning shall be removed. Downed timber meeting utilization standards shall be cut in appropriate lengths and decked along the Roadside in locations where the Traveled Way or sight distances will not be impaired.

Vegetative matter removed from the Roadway shall be treated by the specified method and as required by KT GT 7#. Slash Treatment

T-809 Waterbars

Waterbars will be installed, maintained or removed on the roads listed in the During and Post Haul Maintenance tables shall be completed as needed in conjunction with T-803 Surface Blading.

Road Number of waterbars

31711 9 waterbars 30164 7 waterbars

* All existing drainage features will be maintained while Contractor is using the roads.

* Any water bars removed during use of the road will be reconstructed upon completion of road use.

T-810 Barriers

Existing barriers that are removed during implementation will be restored at the completion of the project.