Slope Restoration on Urban Freeways

In metropolitan Detroit, erosion on steep slopes adjacent to the interstate is a serious maintenance, safety, and aesthetic issue. The standard treatment for covering slopes is turf seeding. While turf can be a solution to some erosion problems, it is presenting many challenges on steep slopes. The goal is to research and subsequently develop best practices and viable alternatives to turf as a solution for slope stabilization.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Michigan Department of Transportation

  Van Wagoner Building
  425 W. Ottawa Street
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909
• Performing Organizations:

  Michigan State University, East Lansing

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Institute for Community Development
  East Lansing, MI  United States  48824-1226
• Principal Investigators:

  Cregg, Bert

• Start Date: 20170401
• Expected Completion Date: 20251231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Erosion control; Slope stability
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01957481
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Michigan Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 9 2025 7:44AM