Road Construction: Why dey do dis?

[Tremor14]

because there are still phases to any project. If it's a 18 months schedule it better take 18 months, not more not less. We budget our guys to be there for 18 months. if the demo crew gets done on tuesday, cool, the new crew wont be here til next tueday, no need to call them this wednesday, they are on another project.

Coordination/Planning/Schedules. thats all it boils down to.

[BLAKE]

because there are still phases to any project. If it's a 18 months schedule it better take 18 months, not more not less. We budget our guys to be there for 18 months. if the demo crew gets done on tuesday, cool, the new crew wont be here til next tueday, no need to call them this wednesday, they are on another project.

Coordination/Planning/Schedules. thats all it boils down to.

I get that if we're talking a week or two, but if you know you're doing 3 miles of heavily trafficked highway, how on God's green earth does it sit for 3+ MONTHS?

[Cooter]

That means the next big question is: Why even start with the demo if it's not going to be followed up with a subsequent resurfacing right away? Why not just wait until all of that money is there to finish the job?

that would take more money

[lincolnboy]

If its done early thats good. That project saved that much money and some people get a bigger penis i mean bonus. There are phasing but there are hiccups and other work that get in the way. Ex. After half assing the frontage to switch traffic so we can build the other side. Other work has finishedon the highway either we can swith traffic or begin demo of the highway

[lincolnboy]

You look where you,can make the biggest amount of money not the smallest amount of money.

[BLAKE]

Yeeeeah, I got about half of that. You don't have to keep explaining that more money is better than less money, but reasons for the project sitting like that in the big picture are still a question mark.

[black2002ls]

What part of 80? Are they widening it? I don't drive it anymore. Its one of the worst stretch of highways to drive right now. Too many people have moved in and its too small of a highway.

Right now between 548 and clemmons (?)

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[black2002ls]

The best is when the city waits until school starts to start road construction in front of the school

That was the most shocking thing aboutvthe work by my house. They chose the Saturday before school started to do that particular section. So now, people are dealing with the school zone, associated traffic, and freshly sealed road with no lines

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[Baron Von Crowder]

That was the most shocking thing aboutvthe work by my house. They chose the Saturday before school started to do that particular section. So now, people are dealing with the school zone, associated traffic, and freshly sealed road with no lines

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around the corner from my house, 20" from the elementary school, they cut the sidewalk up the friday before school started, and then left the hole with barricades around it for the first two days of school. The police had to come block off a lane of traffic to give all the kids ( and their parents, tons of them on the first day) room to walk to the school.

[Grimpala]

Thats shitty company. Uh. yeah!

Whoever scheduled those two jobs in Royse city and fate along with the TxDOT inspector, needs to be kicked in the balls, twice.

[lincolnboy]

The bridge by Love maybe starting soon as well. Alot of hwy 66 is going to be redone . IH30 look ahead will have toll lanes.

[Grimpala]

Who on God's green earth ever thought it was a good idea to (1) award sll those jobs to the same company (2) start them all at once (3) design the traffic switches the way they did?

That shit on 30 through fate looks like Stevie Wonder set the K-rails. My kids could do a better job than that with Lego. And your pothole crews should be shot and used for backfill material.

But, hey, I'm sure someone in Austin got a nice fat 'contribution' out of the whole deal.

[helosailor]

[lincolnboy]

Who on God's green earth ever thought it was a good idea to (1) award sll those jobs to the same company (2) start them all at once (3) design the traffic switches the way they did?

That shit on 30 through fate looks like Stevie Wonder set the K-rails. My kids could do a better job than that with Lego. And your pothole crews should be shot and used for backfill material.

But, hey, I'm sure someone in Austin got a nice fat 'contribution' out of the whole deal.

Two spot they have gone back and added more asphalt. I dont know why they dont rip it out and strengthen the subgrade. But im not the boss. One thing you can do is complain to TxDot.

[Broncojohnny]

Your man downtown JWP can help out with that in Dallas.

One of the many reasons he will soon be in jail