Road pavement conditions are horrible.

Slickcraft · 03-20-2008, 02:58 PM

As noted most town roads are old roadbeds that had some gravel added and then paved. The underlying drainage issues were not addressed hence water gets under, freezes and we get the frost heaves. The solution is not simple repaving but complete reconstruction down to frost line addressing drainage issues. As the cost for complete reconstruction can approach $1 million per mile, a town with 30 or 40 miles of paved roads can take this on only over a long period of time.
With frost what goes up comes back down so by MC week, things will be better. In the mean time, speeding is kept to a minimum.

03-20-2008, 02:58 PM	#16
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,312 Thanks: 1,230 Thanked 2,100 Times in 959 Posts	As noted most town roads are old roadbeds that had some gravel added and then paved. The underlying drainage issues were not addressed hence water gets under, freezes and we get the frost heaves. The solution is not simple repaving but complete reconstruction down to frost line addressing drainage issues. As the cost for complete reconstruction can approach $1 million per mile, a town with 30 or 40 miles of paved roads can take this on only over a long period of time. With frost what goes up comes back down so by MC week, things will be better. In the mean time, speeding is kept to a minimum.