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So from your friend's driveway to 4 blocks of streets it only costs 25 times more ? Taking into account that public roads are not just random cement but usuall

by hrktb 10y ago

So from your friend's driveway to 4 blocks of streets it only costs 25 times more ? Taking into account that public roads are not just random cement but usually a special mix for durability, sound properties and water resistance, and then you have all the cables and tubes going under that might need to be taken care of when removing the current layer and putting back the new one. All of this has to be done on public property by qualified staff. Overall a 25x increase in cost seems pretty fair from an external point of view.

PantaloonFlames 10y ago
> All of this has to be done on public property by qualified staff. With safety measures erected for the public, traffic direction, signaling, etc.
- cmdrfred 10y ago
  In NJ i've seen guys standing by the side of the road just to let trucks out (once every few hours). After a few weeks of this, they had little makeshift tents they would hangout in and play with their phones all day. I'm sure the reason is 'safety' when the public asks but that's why they have the highest cost per mile[0] of anywhere in the US. [0]http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/09/study_ranks_new_jersey_roads_high_in_cost_low_in_performans.html http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/09/study_ranks_new_jer...