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Index of Subjects Hi All, Good point Fred. But the answer may be fuzzy. It has the fingerprints of an upcoming election and a make work project. Dave On 5/16/2019 8:58 AM, Frederick W. Schueler wrote: > * 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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