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--Milesbd (talk) 20:52, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Construction
-This section is great. Easy to understand and interesting.

Maintenance
"Another problem with gravel roads is washboarding — the formation of corrugations across the surface at right angles to the direction of travel. Narrow-spaced washboarding can develop on gravel roadsto inconsistent moisture levels in the gravel, poor quality gravel, and vehicular stress to the road. Another way for washboarding can occur is during the construction or maintenance phase, when gradation is done at high speeds causing the blade to bounce on the surface, creating a pattern of widely-spaced of corrugations[4]. They can become severe enough to cause vibration in vehicles so that bolts loosen or cracks form in components. Grading removes the corrugations, and reconstruction with careful choice of good quality gravel can help prevent them reforming. Additionally, installing a cellular confinement system will prevent the washboard-like corrugations from occurring." -I bolded typos and syntax errors -I would restructure "Another way..." sentence. I think it can flow better. Maybe something like " Washboarding can also occur during the construction or maintenance phase if gradation occurs at too high of a speed. This causes a pattern of widely-spaced corrugations due to the blader bouncing on the gravel surface." - maybe link to blader here? -I think you can better integrate your part into the previous writers part. "They can become severe enough to cause vibrations", change they to corrugations from washboarding, or just corrugations. This clarifies that "they" is not just referring to your high speed gradation type of corrugation. Also, it can be slightly confusing because grading causes washboarding but is also the solution.

Dust Control
"...and to prevent roadside plants from damage due to dust." -a bit awkward. Would change to " and to prevent dust-related damage to roadside plants."

"Machinery such as a grader is used to "blade" the road's surface (pass frequently to mix and distribute the gravel)." -I think this would be a better fit in the Maintenance section? In the Maintenance section is would help readers understand all the mentions of grading.

"Mixing of the top 5-8 cm of gravel is done through numerous passes of a grader after the solution is applied." -I think this flows better as: "After the solution is applied, the top 5-8cm of gravel are mixed through numerous passes of a grader"