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Parapet |
A wall or rail along the edge of a bridge, retaining wall.
What is built on top of a retaining wall.
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Parish |
An area confined to set boundaries for control and administration.
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Patching |
Cleaning out, trimming and squaring of small areas of damaged surface such as potholes and other surface hazards.
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Pavement and Surface |
The part of the highway on which traffic flows.
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Pavement Distortion |
Any change of the pavement surface from its original shape.
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Pavement Width |
The distance from edge to edge of the carriage way, not including the shoulders or side draws
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Paver |
Machine that lays the mix on the pavement.
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Pedestrian Crossing |
An area on the roadway that is marked to allow pedestrians to safely cross the road.
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Periodic Maintenance |
(Preventative Maintenance) This is carried out periodically, usually at intervals of a number of years. The main item in this category is resurfacing of the pavement. (Regravelling, resealing or overlapping).
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PM |
Parish Manager
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Polished Aggregate |
Theses are aggregate particles in the surface of a pavement that have been polished smooth. They can be naturally smooth uncrushed gravels or crushed rock which wears quickly under traffic.
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Ponding |
Settling of water on the pavement.
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Pot Hole |
These are bowl shaped holes of varying sizes in the pavement surface, the result of localized disintegration. Pothole is caused by a weakness in the pavement, resulting from too little asphalt, or too thin an asphalt surface, poor drainage, too many or too few fines.
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Premix Asphalt |
The asphalt wearing course used as a base course or for surfacing.
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Preventative Maintenance |
Includes works done to arrest deterioration.
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Prime Coat |
Emulsion that is applied before applying bitumen (asphalt). Bonding agent for base material and pavement to be put in place.
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Proctor Test |
A soil test used to determine the degree of compaction.
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Programme |
A Plan of action.
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Project |
An undertaking.
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Public Relations |
This is what is done to properly inform various publics about what is being done on a project.
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