Annex 2C: ROCOND 394 DEFINITION Roadside drainage is determined to be the height of the side of the road above the side drains or adjacent ground level. This item determines the ability of the roadside drainage to remove water away from the side of the road. This can be done by means of side drains, turn out drains or by having side slopes which lead the water away from the road. METHOD The condition score is the number against the condition description which best describes the predominant condition of drainage existing over the total segment length. If there are isolated areas that vary from the rest of the segment then these can be noted under “Raters Comments”. CONDITION SCORE 1 Good – Road edge well above side drains/ground level—well deifned side drains or suiffcient side slopes to drain water 2 Fair—Road edge level with side drains/ground level— ineffective side drains—water can cross the road in many places 3 Poor—Road edge slightly below ground level—no side drains or totally blocked side drains—some ponding of

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