Road Construction Report RC 201 Irish compressible soils - origin and characteristics
Publication Year
1979
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
The construction and maintenance of roads on soft soils, including peat, is a problem of special significance in Ireland where large tracts of the country are covered with these materials. Roads with peat subgrades are subject to abnormal distortion, undulations, lateral tilt and surface deformation.
Document History
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Publisher Information
National Roads Authority
The National Roads Authority's (NRA) primary function, under the Roads Act 1993, was to secure the provision of a safe and efficient network of National roads. They were responsible for the planning and supervision of construction and maintenance, publishing the NRA DMRB and NRA MCDRW. In 2016 the NRA merged with the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) to form a new organisation, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
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