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ZSBrbm93IHdoeSBhIGJyb2FkIHN3YXRoIGhhcyBiZWVuIGNsZWFyZWQgb24gYm90aCBzaWRlcyB * isn't it possible to ask the highway authorities why this was done? Or to ask a newspaper reporter to find out and write an article about it? fred. ======================================================== On 16-May-19 7:42 a.m., Anne Woolaver wrote: > I wonder if it's a proactive attempt to reduce risk of fires later in > the summer (many apparent examples on Google of fires being started from > cigarette butts thrown from vehicles), although that wouldn't explain > why they've only done the 101. - A. Woolaver > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on > behalf of Patrick Kelly <Patrick.Kelly@Dal.Ca> > *Sent:* May 15, 2019 10:37 PM > *To:* <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Does anyone know why a broad swath has been > cleared on both sides of highway 101? > Hi all: > > Finally back in the province. As someone who taken the 101 on a regular > basis, I can safely say that at least 75% of the clearance has nothing > to do with the "saftety manual". They have cut across the top of > extended cliffes 3-4 metres high, beyond guard-rails where the ground > slopes away steeply (no being slowed down by young birch, you will now > fall unobstructed). In one place, they have removed the finger-width > birch so if you got off the road at a 30‚ angile it will be straight > into a flat rock face with nothing to slow you down..... a total waste > of money for most of it. - Pat > > > On May 11, 2019, at 11:17 AM, David Hughes wrote: > >> Thanks for the link Phil. That does seem to explain what is going on. >> We have noticed similar clearing around some of the on and off ramps >> around HRM and the improved visibility is beneficial in some places. >> In other places, it is hard to fathom what the actual benefit might be >> beyond aligning with written standards. However, I believe following >> standards is important and deviating from them shouldn’t be at the >> discretion of the people doing the work. >> >> Given the sorry state of our highways, I do wonder about the budget >> priorities. >> >> As for using Google, I do know how to use it and I think most other >> NatureNS also know how. However, I enjoy hearing the different >> perspectives offered by members of this group. That is why I asked >> NatureNS and not Google. - David >> >>> On May 11, 2019, at 7:05 AM, Phil Schappert <philjs@eastlink.ca >>> <mailto:philjs@eastlink.ca>> wrote: >>> >>> Doesn't anyone know how to Google anymore? A simple "cutting trees >>> shrubs along highways" search turned up: >>> >>> https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/local_rural/training/fhwasa07018/ >>> >>> This is an US Federal Highways Administration book about roadside >>> clearing...I'm sure the same applies here both federally and >>> provincially. - Phil ------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Fragile Inheritance Natural History Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - https://www.facebook.com/MudpuppyNight/ 'Daily' Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ 4 St-Lawrence Street Bishops Mills, RR#2 Oxford Station, Ontario K0G 1T0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44.87156° N 75.70095° W (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------ "Feasting on Conolophus to the conclusion of consanguinity" - http://www.lulu.com/shop/frederick-w-schueler/feasting-on-conolophus-to-the-conclusion-of-consanguinity-a-collection-of-darwinian-verses/paperback/product-23517445.html ------------------------------------------------------------
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