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This is true, but some portion of road maintenance costs is independent from vehicle-caused wear-and-tear on the actual road surface. A lot it is caused (aroun

• girvo 6y ago
  In Australia, the heat melting the bitumen is infinitely more likely than water damage.
• 1123581321 6y ago
  Road wear creates the variations that ice exacerbates.
• nl 6y ago
  Not much of that happens in Victoria, and even less in South Australia. In South Australia we get temperature below zero maybe once every 10 years. Victoria has some snowfields, but they are a relativity small area. Bitumen damage from melting is a real issue though. See the pics on https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-05/melting-road-in-far-north-queensland/9942800 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-05/melting-road-in-far-n...