Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads

Re:Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads by redcalx on Thursday July 09, 2015 @06:19PM (#9861082)

Yeh gravel shifts significantly once you get pools of water forming. Gravel roads need annual levelling work even for low traffic routes.

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Re:Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads by icefox on Thursday July 09, 2015 @08:33PM (#9861663)

But that cost is cheaper than repaving right?

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Re:Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads by fineman on Thursday July 09, 2015 @09:07PM (#9861762)

In simple terms of time and money, yes. But in terms of not producing mountains of asphalt, especially.

It's merely hot and dusty work, it doesn't stink at all.

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Re:Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads by kjs3 on Sunday July 12, 2015 @10:14PM (#9875999)

But wouldn't driving a road grader down the route, even once a year, be cheaper than repaving every couple of years? Just in material cost it should be cheaper, not to mention cheaper equipment (grader v. paver+dump trucks) and staffing. I fully confess, however, that I have no objective numbers.

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