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| Thread ID: 97492 | 2009-02-17 22:59:00 | Roadsealing | Poppa John (284) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 748777 | 2009-02-18 02:17:00 | Seems to me Councils are like a delusional Rugby ref, The type who think they are the star of the game and never let anything reach its natural flow. To busy blowing their damn whistle (look at me,Look at me, i have a whistle, I'm important, I'm important) to let the real work get done. Seagull Manager: - A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 748778 | 2009-02-18 09:11:00 | Seriously, The Works do a terrible, messy and unsafe job. What they done to the manhole right on the intersection a week ago could have easily killed a motorcyclist. Wasnt Works previously the MOW the Ministry of Jerks? It looks like they havent changed much. All they seemed to do on the road was lean on their shovel handles or having smoko or lunch. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 748779 | 2009-02-18 09:14:00 | Yep, Now owned by Downer. Busy all over town at the moment, seems to be a mad rush on roadworks. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 748780 | 2009-02-18 12:31:00 | Yep, Now owned by Downer. Busy all over town at the moment, seems to be a mad rush on roadworks. Absolutely the same in Auckland. Roadworks in every single suburb and the CBD is a nightmare towards the waterfront. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 748781 | 2009-02-18 17:30:00 | If we didn't have roadworks, we would have people rushing about where and when they please and enjoying themselves. Absence of misery would appear to be directly against Council Policy. In all fairness, it should be pointed out that the roading policy is one area where councils treat cyclists with equal disdain to motorists. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 748782 | 2009-02-18 17:56:00 | In all fairness, it should be pointed out that the roading policy is one area where councils treat cyclists with equal disdain to motorists. Oh that's so true here my ride to work and back at the moment is a nightmare |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 748783 | 2009-02-18 19:33:00 | Yep, same all over the show. It seems they use up their excess funds before the financial year finishes. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 748784 | 2009-02-18 20:17:00 | But unfortunately they spend it all on chip seal (low life expectancy and relatively cheap - but keeps 'the boys' with the prospect of very regular work), whereas they could spend a little more, build a PROPER road base and then seal it with asphalt - which has a much greater life expectancy and is less likely to be ripped up by turning vehicles in hot weather. Have a look around town (wherever in the country you are). If the bulk of your backstreets are chip seal, check around bus stops and intersections. More often than not they will be asphalted, because they are high wear areas... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 748785 | 2009-02-18 23:22:00 | But unfortunately they spend it all on chip seal (low life expectancy and relatively cheap - but keeps 'the boys' with the prospect of very regular work), whereas they could spend a little more, build a PROPER road base and then seal it with asphalt - which has a much greater life expectancy and is less likely to be ripped up by turning vehicles in hot weather. Have a look around town (wherever in the country you are). If the bulk of your backstreets are chip seal, check around bus stops and intersections. More often than not they will be asphalted, because they are high wear areas... Or worse. That crap brown stuff that they put at intersections that starts to wear off in a couple of months and looks patchy so they go and repaint it again. Guess it keeps the contractors earning money off the rate payers backs.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 748786 | 2009-02-18 23:36:00 | That "crap brown stuff" is (or was) called Shell-something (Shell Oil developed it, I think). When I was living in the UK in the early 80's they were trialling it on the roads - normally at pedestrian or pelican crossings. The idea was that it gave a better surface for vehicles to brake on and successfully stop (in the days before ABS). Unfortunately, it's being applied everywhere here lately, and applied badly - as you say, it wears off quickly... |
johcar (6283) | ||
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