Road pavement conditions are horrible.

Lakesrider · 03-19-2008, 09:36 PM

I don't post here much, but read almost all of the threads on the forum. I haven't seen to much talk about how horrible the roads have become around here.

Looking at the NHDOT site you can see the road condition map and that many of the roads around the lake are in the red and yellow range. (Very Poor).
I drive route 109 and 109A everyday and this winter, the top speed was in the 25 to 30 MPH range for a 40 MPH zone. If following someone unfamiliar with the road it was an on the gas off the gas, on the brakes, off the brakes, swerve out of your lane to avoid the dips, jumps and holes ordeal, for pretty much the whole 18 miles from RT25 to Wolfeboro. I called district 3 and they told me "yeah but the road is good for the other 7 months of the year so it is ok". HUH? Plus they said they had just paved it back in 2001. Now I can't remember that one. I do know they did some work starting at the Wolfeboro line and by the Tuftonboro town docks. heck these roads are not even on the the 10 year plan for paving. These roads won't last another 4-5 years at the most. Heck they are more like asphalt mosaics as it is now.
The Melvin village stretch is the worse stretch of road I have ever driven in NH. So why isn't the Town of Tuftonboro doing anything about this?
Is it just me or are people just to passive about getting the roads fixed around the Lake? I would think that 109 would be a priority as it is the major tourist route during the summer. It is also a major tour ride during bike week.
Rt 109 has so many cracks down the middle of the lanes that most of my friends refuse to even ride the road as it is simply getting too dangerous. catch you tire in one of those cracks and your done for! No wonder they are losing the numbers of bikers at the Laconia Rally. I have had quite a few comments from customers at where I work in Wolfeboro about how bad the roads have become. Have you seen Wolfeboro Main Street latley? Pot holes abound. So you know people are going to start looking elsewhere for vacation spots instead of coming up the wagontrails we now have around here. Iknow that 109 and 109A are not the only poor roads, so feel free to add those in too. Like sections of 104 by the Outpost/leather shop and 106 to name just two more.
So I guess for being a tourist driven state we just don't care about keeping the tourists coming to the area. With the economy heading into the crapper, we should be doing all we can to keep the tourists coming North!

What can be done!

03-19-2008, 09:36 PM	#1
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	Road pavement conditions are horrible. I don't post here much, but read almost all of the threads on the forum. I haven't seen to much talk about how horrible the roads have become around here. Looking at the NHDOT site you can see the road condition map and that many of the roads around the lake are in the red and yellow range. (Very Poor). I drive route 109 and 109A everyday and this winter, the top speed was in the 25 to 30 MPH range for a 40 MPH zone. If following someone unfamiliar with the road it was an on the gas off the gas, on the brakes, off the brakes, swerve out of your lane to avoid the dips, jumps and holes ordeal, for pretty much the whole 18 miles from RT25 to Wolfeboro. I called district 3 and they told me "yeah but the road is good for the other 7 months of the year so it is ok". HUH? Plus they said they had just paved it back in 2001. Now I can't remember that one. I do know they did some work starting at the Wolfeboro line and by the Tuftonboro town docks. heck these roads are not even on the the 10 year plan for paving. These roads won't last another 4-5 years at the most. Heck they are more like asphalt mosaics as it is now. The Melvin village stretch is the worse stretch of road I have ever driven in NH. So why isn't the Town of Tuftonboro doing anything about this? Is it just me or are people just to passive about getting the roads fixed around the Lake? I would think that 109 would be a priority as it is the major tourist route during the summer. It is also a major tour ride during bike week. Rt 109 has so many cracks down the middle of the lanes that most of my friends refuse to even ride the road as it is simply getting too dangerous. catch you tire in one of those cracks and your done for! No wonder they are losing the numbers of bikers at the Laconia Rally. I have had quite a few comments from customers at where I work in Wolfeboro about how bad the roads have become. Have you seen Wolfeboro Main Street latley? Pot holes abound. So you know people are going to start looking elsewhere for vacation spots instead of coming up the wagontrails we now have around here. Iknow that 109 and 109A are not the only poor roads, so feel free to add those in too. Like sections of 104 by the Outpost/leather shop and 106 to name just two more. So I guess for being a tourist driven state we just don't care about keeping the tourists coming to the area. With the economy heading into the crapper, we should be doing all we can to keep the tourists coming North! What can be done!