Typically a memorandum goes into place after paving. Cities will send letters out to utilities to do work now before they pave through.
Comment on Think potholes on our roads are getting worse? You're right – and here's why
No1@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Are potholes actually repairable? Or is it shonky repair work? Because I swear there are some that reappear whenever there is the slightest rain.
What pisses me off more is that when a road is repaved, you can guarantee that some utility or other will be digging it up within 5 minutes, leaving patches and lines criss-crossing it and so uneven that the jarring bumps set off my dashcam collision event recording.
Jackinopolis@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
No1@aussie.zone 10 months ago
And yet, inevitably, a couple of weeks after the roax is laid, someone wi be digging it up…
Salvo@aussie.zone 10 months ago
If the road had a decent foundation to start with, potholes shouldn’t form at all.
If the foundation of the road has been compromised, patching a pothole will not prevent it from coming back.
Road construction tenders in the late 1990s, early 2000s were very competitive so there are a lot of roads built during this period that were built on a shoestring with no repair clauses. (ie. shit)
Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 months ago
What‽ But we were told more competition would lead to higher quality at a lower price!