SHOULDER RENOVATION - This work shall consist of renovating existing low (erosion or overlay) and high shoulders (debris buildup) and shoulders disturbed due to plant mix overlay or guardrail work as specified in the Contract Documents to provide finished shoulder designs and guardrail heights that conform to the Specifications, Standard Drawings, and Plans. For the purposes of this provision, machining shoulders and manual shoulder restoration shall be viewed as placing, grading, and compacting operations of approved shoulder materials performed by mechanized equipment or manually. Materials allowed for renovating shoulders shall include furnishing and delivery of these materials to the jobsite or to the location(s) designated in the Contract Documents. houlder material shall be either virgin aggregate base material (type and size as specified) or Shoulder Maintenance Material (SMM). SMM shall be: Aggregate Material; Crusher Run Aggregate; Aggregate Subbase or Base; Select Material; recycled materials including Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) or Crushed Hydraulic Cement Concrete (CHCC); or combinations thereof, conforming to the followings grading when tested in accordance with VTM-25...
