GDOT historic landscape mitigation evaluation.

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  URS Corporation ; New South Associates
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Historic preservation
  • Landscaping
  • Population growth
  • Infrastructure
  • Vegetation
  • Road construction
  • Case studies
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Georgia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Georgia. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Historic Landscapes are our nation’s finger prints of the past. They provide us a glimpse into the way people worked, lived, and admired ; the land. As the earth’s population continues to grow, so does the need for infrastructure improvements such as roadways, transit and ; utilities. More pressure is being applied to these culturally significant resources, potentially altering their historic settings more than ever ; before. Once a historic resource is altered or removed, that glimpse into the past is lost forever. Striking that balance between historic ; preservation and the need for accommodating the growing population through infrastructure improvements can be a challenge. How do ; you preserve, protect and promote our historic landscapes while providing the necessary transportation infrastructure improvements for the ; growing population? ; The Georgia Department of Transportation’s Office of Environmental Services saw a need to evaluate the landscaping that they had ; installed at various historic properties over the years. This landscaping had been installed as mitigation for road projects that had been ; determined to result in adverse effects to properties determined to be eligible for, and listed in, the National Register of Historic Places. ; The Office of Environmental Services seeks to use this evaluation to inform landscaping mitigation going forward.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28675/dot_28675_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 233.95 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1a83a3d36ad77aa7a1891afc6650f5506d52badd3839343ef70deae3827b9137