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.

secondcurve · 03-20-2008, 06:48 PM

Often times people who complain about increasing tax rates are the same ones who complain that there aren't enough Marine Patrol boats, the roads are in terrible shape, etc. Get used to it folks.

fatlazyless · 03-20-2008, 07:50 PM

According to today's www.cmonitor.com, Belknap County has seen its' population increase from 56,325 (4/1/2000) to 61,048 (7/1/2007) which is +8.4%, while the entire state has increased from 1,235,786 to 1,315,828, which is +6.5%.

What Meredith wants is a plus-50, hockey team, and imho, the Meredith Frost Heaves is a terrific name. You just know the town and school would agree to a new ice arena faster than you can say LET"S GO FROST HEAVES! It would fill the hockey gap that exists between the Laconia-Belmont rink, and the Waterville Valley rink.

kayakn · 03-23-2008, 05:47 PM

Way to go FLL. Frost Heaves gets my vote. Not a bad idea actually .... from a hockey fan...

mets3007 · 03-23-2008, 10:59 PM

I do sound effects from the back seat of the car lol like uh ah eh uga yaga and so on at each bump. Its only 1 part thats real bad right after the boardwalk until about 1/2 way down the road then the 2nd half isnt as bad.

dpg · 03-25-2008, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

According to today's www.cmonitor.com, Belknap County has seen its' population increase from 56,325 (4/1/2000) to 61,048 (7/1/2007) which is +8.4%, while the entire state has increased from 1,235,786 to 1,315,828, which is +6.5%.

What Meredith wants is a plus-50, hockey team, and imho, the Meredith Frost Heaves is a terrific name. You just know the town and school would agree to a new ice arena faster than you can say LET"S GO FROST HEAVES! It would fill the hockey gap that exists between the Laconia-Belmont rink, and the Waterville Valley rink.

Your right, you really do need a job!

hilltopper · 04-01-2008, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

What Meredith wants is a plus-50, hockey team, and imho, the Meredith Frost Heaves is a terrific name. You just know the town and school would agree to a new ice arena faster than you can say LET"S GO FROST HEAVES! It would fill the hockey gap that exists between the Laconia-Belmont rink, and the Waterville Valley rink.

There's actually an ABA Basketball team out of Burlington, Vermont called the Frost Heaves...

http://www.vermontfrostheaves.com/

03-20-2008, 07:50 PM	#3
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,774 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,020 Times in 742 Posts	According to today's www.cmonitor.com, Belknap County has seen its' population increase from 56,325 (4/1/2000) to 61,048 (7/1/2007) which is +8.4%, while the entire state has increased from 1,235,786 to 1,315,828, which is +6.5%. What Meredith wants is a plus-50, hockey team, and imho, the Meredith Frost Heaves is a terrific name. You just know the town and school would agree to a new ice arena faster than you can say LET"S GO FROST HEAVES! It would fill the hockey gap that exists between the Laconia-Belmont rink, and the Waterville Valley rink. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

03-23-2008, 05:47 PM	#4
kayakn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Laconia Posts: 68 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Meredith Frost Heaves... Way to go FLL. Frost Heaves gets my vote. Not a bad idea actually .... from a hockey fan...

03-20-2008, 02:58 PM	#1
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,311 Thanks: 1,230 Thanked 2,099 Times in 958 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.

03-20-2008, 06:48 PM	#2
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,118 Thanks: 1,331 Thanked 559 Times in 288 Posts	Often times people who complain about increasing tax rates are the same ones who complain that there aren't enough Marine Patrol boats, the roads are in terrible shape, etc. Get used to it folks.

03-23-2008, 10:59 PM	#5
mets3007 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 170 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I do sound effects from the back seat of the car lol like uh ah eh uga yaga and so on at each bump. Its only 1 part thats real bad right after the boardwalk until about 1/2 way down the road then the 2nd half isnt as bad.