Roads
The refuge road funds may only be used for rehabilitation to extend the service life of an existing road and enhance safety. Such work is also known as Resurfacing, Restoration, and Rehabilitation, (3-R). 3-R work includes the placement of additional surfacing materials and/or other work necessary to return an existing roadway including shoulders, the roadside, and appurtenances, to a condition of structural adequacy.
Most 3-R work occurs on the existing road bench. Refuge Roads work generally will not involve widening beyond the existing road bench or require the construction of new retaining walls, or cuts and fills. Exceptions where RRP projects could occur off of the road bench include work on drainage structures, existing retaining walls, slope failures, bridges, and spot traffic safety improvement work.
Construction of new roads is not authorized.
Bridges
Eligible refuge road funded work on bridges includes approach fill rehabilitation, superstructure (deck, rails & girders) replacements, abutment and foundation repairs, abutment slope protection, foundation scour repair and protection work, and piling replacements. Small bridges or large box culverts may be replaced as part of a road improvement project.
