July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Second-rate paving job
Editorial
What’s the point?
What’s the point of re-paving a state highway if the finished product is rougher and noisier than the surface it’s replacing?
Last summer, the Indiana Department of Transportation did its glorified chip-and-seal work on Ind. 67 from Bryant to the Ohio state line. This summer, the same sort of work was done on Ind. 26 east from Portland to Ohio.
It’s called micro-surfacing, as we understand, and it looks to a layman like a huge waste of money.
Is it cheaper in terms of initial cost? Almost certainly. That’s the way the state tends to do things when money is tight.
Is it less expensive in the long run? That remains to be seen, but in our opinion it’s unlikely.
And is it a technique more likely to be used by INDOT in rural Indiana rather than in urban and metropolitan areas? We’d almost bet that that’s the case.
But one has to wonder if anyone in Indianapolis has bothered to wonder what sort of message visitors receive when they cross the state line and find the decibel level from road noise shooting up and the ride becoming rougher.
Crossroads of America? You’ve got to be kidding.
Second-rate roads of America would be more accurate. — J.R.[[In-content Ad]]
What’s the point of re-paving a state highway if the finished product is rougher and noisier than the surface it’s replacing?
Last summer, the Indiana Department of Transportation did its glorified chip-and-seal work on Ind. 67 from Bryant to the Ohio state line. This summer, the same sort of work was done on Ind. 26 east from Portland to Ohio.
It’s called micro-surfacing, as we understand, and it looks to a layman like a huge waste of money.
Is it cheaper in terms of initial cost? Almost certainly. That’s the way the state tends to do things when money is tight.
Is it less expensive in the long run? That remains to be seen, but in our opinion it’s unlikely.
And is it a technique more likely to be used by INDOT in rural Indiana rather than in urban and metropolitan areas? We’d almost bet that that’s the case.
But one has to wonder if anyone in Indianapolis has bothered to wonder what sort of message visitors receive when they cross the state line and find the decibel level from road noise shooting up and the ride becoming rougher.
Crossroads of America? You’ve got to be kidding.
Second-rate roads of America would be more accurate. — J.R.[[In-content Ad]]
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