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Why does road construction always start in fricking August?
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:35 am
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:35 am
The incompetence of local government knows no end. Had all summer to get its shite together in the LSU area and construction never seems to start until a week before school starts
Nicholson is apocalyptic, west Parker is closed, Ben Hur cut through to river road is closed, rabble rabble
frick the government
Nicholson is apocalyptic, west Parker is closed, Ben Hur cut through to river road is closed, rabble rabble
frick the government
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 8:37 am
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Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:39 am to Big_Slim
When is there not construction over there?
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:39 am to Big_Slim
It's usually the beginning of the dry season.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:13 am to Big_Slim
Typically can't pave when it's cold, or raining.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:30 am to Big_Slim
I'm definitely with you on this one. They started west Parker in July and it looks like they haven't gotten anything done since they ripped up the trees. It's literally stupid with a huge dose of incompetence. Just wait until LSU/BR is forced to cough up the funding for Nicholson Dr. and turn it into 4-lanes 
That shite may take 5 years.
That shite may take 5 years.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:34 am to Big_Slim
Road construction is ongoing, but they wait until school begins to start it in areas with heavy school traffic so that kids can learn to hate traffic too. LOL
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:47 am to TheJunction
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Typically can't pave when it's cold, or raining.
^^^^^ this
with too much rain its harder to get it to bond or stick properly and you get divots or holes breaking out not too long after its done.
plus when its hot, it lays out smoother and easier and they have longer time before the asphalt cures to smooth it out.
when you see or feel the line between old and new asphalt, its "usually" from the asphalt cooling down too fast before it can be pressed into a seamless bond
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 10:50 am
Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:05 am to keakar
Another if the reasons is because the physical year of new money turns over in July every year. I used to work for DOTD and we would always be super slow until the end of July into August and we would start doing all kinds of shite everywhere
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