Thursday, September 22, 2005
Hydro Planing and a widower's sorrow!
The only solution I can think of to the road ruts and hydro planing dillema other than digging up the entire road bed or fixing drainage is to use concrete as a top coat running surface. Especially since global warming is going to make roadsurfaces even more susceptible to surface pressures and indentations. IMHO this may be more economically feasible than thickening the road surface pavement. Hydro planing may be corrected in the short term by putting cutting in drainage trenches to allow for road surface run off where feasible.
In some of the southern US coastal states they have grooves either built into or cut into the road surface on an angle to traffic flow to allow for run off. This can be very dangerous for motorcycle enthusiasts but does get the water of the running surface of the road.
Unsure here but I know concretes strength can be improved by adding fiber glass strands to the mix, maybe something similar can be done for pavement?
I'm baffled that a place fondly known as "The Rock" would have a problem with subgrade? Which is why grooves are forming on the road surface IMHO.
The TCH is a federal responsibility if i'm not mistaken? If this were the states and people's lives were being endangered and lost because of poor design, quality control, or maintenace you can bet you a@@ that someone would have filed a civil law suit or sued the responsible parties by now. Big brother can be a formidable opponent. But a widower's sorrow and avengance can be even more powerfull when you consider their just cause, especially if it is a combined effort.
Smarten up Ottawa or your going to have some law suits coming your way.
Update:
While I'm on the topic of TCH safety. I'm astounded that NL doesn't have animal fences along the TCH like they do here in central Canada?
Someone needs to challenge Ottawa on this lack of safety due to all of the moose accidents and deaths due to a lack or nonexistance of these valuable human and animal life saving fences.
In some of the southern US coastal states they have grooves either built into or cut into the road surface on an angle to traffic flow to allow for run off. This can be very dangerous for motorcycle enthusiasts but does get the water of the running surface of the road.
Unsure here but I know concretes strength can be improved by adding fiber glass strands to the mix, maybe something similar can be done for pavement?
I'm baffled that a place fondly known as "The Rock" would have a problem with subgrade? Which is why grooves are forming on the road surface IMHO.
The TCH is a federal responsibility if i'm not mistaken? If this were the states and people's lives were being endangered and lost because of poor design, quality control, or maintenace you can bet you a@@ that someone would have filed a civil law suit or sued the responsible parties by now. Big brother can be a formidable opponent. But a widower's sorrow and avengance can be even more powerfull when you consider their just cause, especially if it is a combined effort.
Smarten up Ottawa or your going to have some law suits coming your way.
Update:
While I'm on the topic of TCH safety. I'm astounded that NL doesn't have animal fences along the TCH like they do here in central Canada?
Someone needs to challenge Ottawa on this lack of safety due to all of the moose accidents and deaths due to a lack or nonexistance of these valuable human and animal life saving fences.
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