After harvesting operations, the future need for a road should be considered. If plans have changed since the planning of the harvest, the road may need to be kept open for other uses. However, most roads can be closed when logging operations cease. The closure and rehabilitation of roads can do much to prevent sedimentation of streams and lakes.

Roads should be ripped or loosened so vegetation can grow. If necessary, the roadbed should also be contoured to the original slope of the land. Stream
courses and natural drainages should be restored to their natural channels. These rehabilitated roads should be barricaded to prevent use by vehicles while revegetation occurs. Some ways of barricading roads are shown below.