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E-1 A P P E N D I X E Utility Pole and Tree Safety Case Studies Taken Directly from: Noteworthy Practices: Roadside Tree and Utility Pole Management, Federal Highway Administration, by Joseph Jones, Leidos, September 2016. A 2016 report by Joseph Jones for FHWA entitled Noteworthy Practices: Roadside Tree and Utility Pole Management" provided some case studies of what some state DOT's have been doing to address roadside safety problems in recent years.
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E-2 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches 1. Remove the obstacle (if possible)
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Utility Pole and Tree Safety Case Studies E-3 described above is ongoing, ALDOT intends to accomplish most of its efforts within 5 years, as funding allows. (1 Telephone Interview conducted with T
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E-4 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches WSDOT has experienced surprisingly little public opposition to their roadside tree and utility pole management strategy. This may be due to their performance-focused approach: working together with the public to achieve solutions instead of simply informing them of the plan.
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Utility Pole and Tree Safety Case Studies E-5 TENNESSEE: MANAGING ROADSIDES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) generally avoids removing either trees or utility poles from their rights-of-way or from adjoining properties primarily due to two factors: environmental concerns or public resistance.
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E-6 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches TABLE E1: NDOR FIXED OBJECT CLEARANCE WIDTHS Functional Classification Average Daily Traffic Lateral Obstacle Clearance (ft) Interstate All Expressway All Major Arterial Minor Arterial 2,000 - 3,999 Major Arterial 400 - 1,999 Minor Arterial < 400 This practice has been in place since the 1980s, but has become especially important in recent years when Nebraska, like so many other States, changed its mowing policy.
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Utility Pole and Tree Safety Case Studies E-7 With this in mind, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) , in conjunction with researchers at Rowan University, developed the Pole Mitigation Program to identify and improve highest-risk utility pole crash locations.
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