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> Nichols said the AMIR “has great potential” to extend the life of roads, and “save significant taxpayer dollars.” In 2016, an MTO analysis found that the prov
by zentiggr 9y ago
> Nichols said the AMIR “has great potential” to extend the life of roads, and “save significant taxpayer dollars.” In 2016, an MTO analysis found that the province would save $50 million annually if roads on the MTOs highways could last even one year longer.
And there you go... goes against the contractors' interests to use more efficient means, so this compactor's use will have to be mandated by city governments who want to avoid the political backlash of public awareness of wasted budget. Or in other words, good luck with that grassroots campaign.
- jonny_eh 9y agoIf the researcher was more entrepreneurial he could have started a competing road paving business. He may have made a lot of money doing it. I suspect he was too busy researching other stuff though.
- giarc 9y agoThat's a license play not a "I'm going to start a paving business" play.
- drspacemonkey 9y agoI wonder if that could be resolved by the government offering an annual bonus for every road that requires no pothole maintenance. If the bonus were bigger than the profit they'd make from filling in the pothole, it would be free money for the contractor + a savings for the government because they don't have to pay to fix something that isn't broken. Mostly, I wonder how different the world would be if there was an incentive to build things that don't break.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoThere are plenty of incentives to build stuff that's resilient; usually financial profit is opposed to it, which I presume was your point.