ACTUALITY OF RUNOFF CLEANING FROM THE ROAD SURFACE
The practical implementation of the environmental sustainability of the transport system is an important national task. It is impossible to ensure a conducive environment, improvement of population health, sustainable socio-economic development and other national interests of the country without its solution. The article analyzes the current level of impact of roads on the environment in terms of pollution by harmful substances during the operation of a transport facility. For this purpose on the basis of the statistical data of Federal State Statistics Service and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, a comparison of the inflow of harmful substances from the road into the atmosphere, objects of the hydrosphere and soil is carried out. The conducted examination allows us to conclude that at present the most dangerous source of chemical pollution for the habitat is surface runoff from the carriageway. The features of surface runoff from the roadway which make it difficult to monitor and control it by the state supervisory authorities are indicated. The situation is aggravated by the fact that local runoff treatment plants (LRTPs) designed and erected on roads, designed specifically for cleaning surface runoff from highways, have low efficiency, both due to design errors and due to inappropriate maintenance and repair. The organization of effective cleaning of surface runoff from roads is an acute environmental problem and requires an immediate solution: it is necessary to improve the system of legal regulation in terms of monitoring and controlling LWTPs, as well as developing new LWTPs designs.