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Install geotextiles on embankments to enhance drainage and strengthen the base of pavement structure. This can include using native dogwood stakes to facilitate natural vegetation
Implement depressed medians (a ditch/swale between divided roadways) to hold stormwater and raised medians (a curbed section that typically occupies the center of the roadway)
Install reinforcing elements such as soil nails into the soil in a grid pattern to increase overall slope stability. Soil nails are typically threaded steel
Install retention/detention ponds and bioswales (or biofiltration swales) to collect, redirect, and filter stormwater.
Install snow fences near critical road segments and bus routes to reduce snow blow across the roads. This can include ‘living snow fences’ made of
Install swales and ditches to help improve stormwater drainage. This can also include implementing contouring or rain gardens to reduce surface runoff which can help