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Most chipsealing in New Zealand is carried out using bitumen cutback (i.e.

This project examines the costs and benefits of, and alternatives to, the resource consent process of the Resource Management Act 1991 in circumstances where the process has been applied to routine maintenance works on New Zealand state highways.

Vehicular traffic on road asphalt generates a variety of inorganic and organic contaminants.

This study investigated the potential to define a benefit cost based on the reduction of contaminants provided by a road stormwater run-off treatment device.

This report provides the outcomes from research based on the Land Transport New Zealand gravel road monitoring programme that commenced during 2002 and included the cooperation of 51 local authorities.

This report describes a study, carried out in 2006–2007, of the potential toxicity to the environment (ecotoxicity) of cationic bitumen emulsions used for chipsealing (surface dressing) in New Zealand.

There are many techniques for restoring pavement surface microtexture after levels have become deficient.

The noise from road traffic affects large numbers of people living in the vicinity of State Highways and arterial roads.

A new method of biodiversity assessment is developed to characterise the biodiversity values of roads across New Zealand.

This project was undertaken in 2001 to review environmental protection measures that have been applied through the Resource Management Act (RMA) process, to a sample of 35 state highway roading projects constructed in New Zealand, between the years 1…