NL-Outsidethebox [confederation]

Dear Elected Officials

Why do you do your road work in the fall? This has to be the worst time of the year to complete road work IMHO. The only thing you are doing is trapping the moisture in the sub grade. This must be a bureaucratic decision because any self respecting road contractor will tell you the best time to do road work is in June or July. Worst case scenario, do it in the winter at least the moisture is in the form of snow and can easily be removed. Maybe I'm way of base on this but any earth work I ever did was when the materials were dry. Work was stopped if conditions got to wet.

While I'm at it I fail to understand why you’re putting a depot between Red Bay and Lodge Bay. More machines or closer snow clearing machines won't stop the drifting. You’re just going to be throwing money at this section of road till the end of time with this strategy. You would be much better of doing what a gentle man from Labrador suggested blasting the rock cuts completely out of there so the drifting is at a minimum. Too late now but tunnels or a roof would have been a better solution. Even a tree forest wind break could be investigated as an option as opposed to just brute force of snow clearing. Raise the road bed, use cable guard rails to stop the drifting. Heated road beds using solar or wind generated power? Wind breaks made from rock piles or peat moss berms.

Your setting NL up for another let down by not working with nature but against her. Similar to what happened to the NFLD Railroad with the Gaff Topsails!

This peat moss bog berm would also be a good idea for the west coast Wreck House phenomena. Plus a planted forest tree wind break.

Sincerely

Update:
Not sure if the winds in the wreck house area are sustainedor steady enough for wind mill electric generation? But a wind mill farm in the wreck house area would have three benefits IMHO.
1, Generate much needed electricity for the west coast of the Island. Abitibi in Stephenville.
2, Probably lower the wind speeds coming across the wreck house area.
3, Put in place, very important wind speed indicator to warn of dangerous high winds.