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Climate is a massive factor in the deterioration and accelerated wear of roads. Australia doesn't have harsh, freezing winters with lots of freeze/thaw cycles c
by speby 6y ago
Climate is a massive factor in the deterioration and accelerated wear of roads. Australia doesn't have harsh, freezing winters with lots of freeze/thaw cycles creating potholes and expanding crack lines in your roads.
It's a lot more expensive to maintain "good" roads in climates that have wide temperature cycles throughout their seasons.
- toomanybeersies 6y agoOur roads in Australia tend to melt instead, which poses its own unique set of engineering problems.
- zaarn 6y agoI live in germany where we do have freeze/thaw cycles. Our roads look better both from my experience when I went to the US and looking at pictures from the US. Don't think climate is a good excuse here. Nordic countries also manage a much better infrastructure in roads from what I hear.
- ryanmt 6y agoOf course, that part of Texas wouldn't have any freezing either, especially in the ground.