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In the UK we call this 'Surface Dressing' and is a typical money saving meaasure to avoid the full cost of paving the road properly. It looks terrible and doens
by alt227 8mo ago
In the UK we call this 'Surface Dressing' and is a typical money saving meaasure to avoid the full cost of paving the road properly. It looks terrible and doenst last very long, so peronsally I dont see the point.
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/surface-dressing/ https://www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/surface...
- ajsnigrutin 8mo agoI would prefer that over here in slovenia.... instead, we can't repave a street without digging a few meters deep, finding ancient roman remains, and delaying the repair for many months... heck, even without finding roman stuff, we had an 800m long road closed for 2 years... So yeah, it's either potholes or road closure for a year++.
- carlosjobim 8mo agoThe point is for the road to be better to use. If it's cheap and fast, then there's no reason to wait to do it "properly" later. Do the quick fix first.
- alt227 8mo agoNope, thats the cheap way to save money in the short term. But it makes the roads much worse quality for a lot longer. The surface dressing rips and pulls up very quickly, and so the road is rough and full of holes for a longer period.