Maintains the status quo even though deteriorated. To keep at original condition or use.

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1 Chapter ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Maintains the status quo even though deteriorated. To keep at original condition or use. NOTE: All items include labor and material. Ma 1 Smoothing Surface - Strictly Gravel Roads Blading or dragging earth or gravel roads. Scarifying for purpose of mixing gravel with binder and removing washouts on surface. Ma 2 Minor Surface Maintenance - Hard Surface Roads Bituminous patching, crack filling. Repairing concrete pavement and crack filling. Patch sealing. Repairing sand pockets. Blading shoulders - no material added. Sweeping or cleaning surfaces. Ma 3 Roadside and Drainage Cleaning culverts (thawing culverts). Minor ditch cleaning, except for brush. Repair to tile lines on right of way. Marking ends of culverts. Picking up debris off roadside and roadbed including animal removal. Checking driveway and utility permits. Beaver dam removal. Locating tile lines. Ma 4 Brush and Weed Control Mowing of grass and weeds on roadsides and around guard rail, and bridge ends. Spraying of weeds and brush. All clearing and grubbing not in connection with construction work. (Where clearing and grubbing is done in advance of a grading project, this work should be given a project number and charged to construction).

2 14.2 Ma 5 Snow and Ice Control Erecting, removing, repairing snow fence, including cost of new fence, posts, and tie wires. Snow plowing and winging. Sanding and application of salt and calcium chloride for ice control. Cleaning snow from bridges and around guard rails. Fixing mail boxes. Ma 6 Traffic Services Erecting and repairing signs and markers, including cost of signs and posts. Erecting and removing signs for road restrictions. Traffic signals, maintenance and repair work. (Installation of new traffic signals and railroad grade crossing signals should be a construction item). Traffic guide lines, center line striping, retracing not on new construction. Road inspection, looking for washouts, etc. Road patrol for load restrictions. Putting up barricades. NOTE: Charge any of the following costs to the activity or operation being performed: Flagmen Sweeping Prospecting for gravel - Construction project - Maintenance unallocated REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS To restore to original condition. To make the surface as it was before, even though material used is better. Original condition or use is the key. Mb 1 Reshaping Cutting shoulders and shoulder slopes, reshaping roadbed, backsloping, where no appreciable amount of material is added to the roadbed, and the ditch bottoms are not changed or deepened appreciably.

3 14.3 Mb 2 Resurfacing All regravelling of gravel roads, whether spot groveling or a continuous coat. (Gravel for newly graded roads shall be charged to construction; this may be applied in two coats in succeeding years, but should be charged to construction). Addition of clay or binder to the surface. (This also can be an item under construction). Water, rolling, spreading if gravel is stabilized. (This work may be included in some construction projects). Aggregate shouldering. Any overlay of less than 1 1/2" in thickness. Mb 3 Culverts, Bridges & Guard Rails Replacement of deteriorated or damaged culverts by one of like diameter. (If a culvert is replaced with one of a larger diameter, this should be charged as a betterment under Mc 1). Replacing, lowering or raising of same size culverts. All bridge repairs and painting. Repair of guard rail. Drainage ditch repair assessments. Storm sewer repair assessments. Mb 4 Washouts = Erosion Damage Storm Related All washouts on shoulders, ditches, backslopes and roadbeds. If a culvert is washed out and a new culvert is installed, all labor, materials and backfilling costs shall be included. (Any increased size culvert should be costed to Mc 1). Mb 5 Subgrade Repair Mud Jacking, frost boils including sub-grade excavation, sand and gravel backfill.

4 14.4 BETTERMENTS Any improvement over original condition or design. The first time something is done to the roadway, it is a betterment. Mc 1 New Culverts, Guard Rails and New Tiling New installations and delivery where not previously in place. Replacement of existing with a larger diameter or longer length. Rip Rap. Erosion control structures. Drainage ditch improvement and storm sewer assessments, including new or expanded sizes. Installation of new approaches and driveways. Mc 2 Cuts and Fills Reshaping work where the road grade, backslope and ditch bottoms are changed beyond original design. Correction of sight distances. Shoulder widening. Mc 3 Sodding and Seeding Tree planting. Mc 4 Bituminous Treatment Spot retreatments, complete retreatments and seal coating not on and approved State Aid construction project. Railroad crossing replacements. Mc 5 Overlays Bituminous or concrete over 1 1/2" thickness that is not an approved State Aid construction project.

5 14.5 SPECIAL WORK Any maintenance work not clearly appropriate for the previous areas. Md 1 Dust Treatments Calcium chloride or other applications to settle dust. Md 2* Md 3** Md 4* Construction of Bike Lanes (if not an approved State Aid construction project). Md 5* Construction of Turn Lanes (if not an approved State Aid construction project). Md 6* Special Agreements Agreements with other entities that covers more than one activity. * These items were deliberately left blank to allow for employee reorientation and previous costing to be cleared. In the future, other items may be included here to fill these gaps.