Restricts access
Increases maintenance costs
Road surface
Culvert
Road fill
Road surface
Culvert
Road fill
Road surface
Culvert
Road fill
Road surface
Culvert
Road fill
Trash rack
Road surface
(4% outslope)
Road fill
(2:1 slope)
Culvert
Culvert
Road surface
Culvert
Emergency overflow
Culverts installed
where critical dips
cannot be
constructed.
Road Length
assessed
(mi)
Connected
road length
(mi)
% of total
road length
that is
connected
45%
NCRCD, PWA
(2003)
65%
NCRCD, PWA
(2004)
Sulphur Creek
23.7
10.75
Dry Creek
18
Carneros
Creek
23.5
12.11
11.4
Reference
49%
NCRCD, PWA
(2003)
Sulphur
Creek
Dry
Creek
Carneros
Creek
23.7
22
23.5
Total
Total chronic
% of total
Sediment
sediment
Sediment
Delivery volume (yd3) volume that is
(yd3)
from chronic
22,501
20,910
16,950
16,218
8,635
11,030
72%
41%
65%
Reference
NCRCD, PWA
(2003)
NCRCD, PWA
(2004)
NCRCD, PWA
(2003)
Exposed culvert
Road shape
Insloped
with ditch
100% connectivity
before
after
Crowned road
Before
After