Best Practices: Corridor Management/Maintenance of Paved Trails
Maintaining the ever-growing miles of recreation trails within local agency jurisdiction is proving to be difficult due to the increased demands on trail use and funding limitations. The timely maintenance of paved trail surfaces and the surroundings along the corridor is critical to maintaining a good trail system. This workshop focuses primarily on the management and maintenance of the trail pavement, but also includes other elements such as vegetation, drainage, signing/striping, lighting, amenities, etc. Workshop participants will be guided through the use of a maintenance schedule and checklist for a typical paved trail and educated on various pavement issues and treatments.
Date & Location
Not currently scheduled.
Topics Covered
- Operational maintenance activities
- Trail pavement management
- Asset management
- How to build a trail maintenance schedule
- Multi-use trail maintenance
Who Should Attend
Engineers, managers, supervisors, and technicians responsible for recreational trail maintenance.
Course Instructors
Stewart Crosby is a senior landscape architect with SRF Consulting Group, Inc. Crosby has more than nine years of experience in landscape architecture and urban design, with a focus on all facets of park and trail design, including construction administration. His projects include master plans for several regional trails and local and regional parks. Crosby is a licensed landscape architect and has a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon.
Michael Marti is a principal at SRF Consulting Group, Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience with a broad range of pavement technology activities, including research, design, evaluation, rehabilitation, and technology transfer. He has been involved in implementing pavement management systems for communities throughout Minnesota. Marti served as the principal investigator for several projects for the Minnesota Local Road Research Board, including work pavement management, pavement presentation, and pavement rehabilitation.
Credit
- 0.5 Roads Scholar Program elective credit.
- To the best of our knowledge, this course/activity meets the continuing education requirements for 4.0 PDHs as outlined in Minnesota Statute 326.107. More information concerning continuing education for professionals is available online.
Informational Contact
Continuing Professional Education, University of Minnesota, 612-624-4754, fax: 612-624-6225, e-mail: cceconf2@umn.edu
Sponsors
This workshop is presented by the Minnesota Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) at the Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota. Minnesota LTAP is sponsored by the Minnesota Local Road Research Board (LRRB) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This course is subsidized through funding from LRRB and FHWA. Facilitated by the College of Continuing Education, University of Minnesota.
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