Crushed stone with little to know chips and dust, rant

[ruffdog]

There some areas I wish the roads were gravel. They could at least grade them smooth. The asphalt is so deteriorated and road so rough you about have to go the same speed as a dirt road, and usually dirt is smoother ride than these I'm talking about.

So many roads here, mine included, really took a beating last winter/spring. I can't imagine how bad they will be 1-2 years from now.

 

[hawkeye08]

When they were reworking our gravel road last time, they were hauling dirt from the ditches 25 miles one way.. they couldn't just push it back out in the field because it had some gravel in it.. I told them my wife wouldn't mind if they wanted to dump 3-4 loads in the front yard by the driveway for a "hump".. after dumping 13 loads, my wife was happy and the road crew finished much quicker than if they had to haul it long distance.. I had it shaped the way we wanted it that evening, road crew supervisor stopped by and commented that it was the fastest anyone had finished up the dirt piles, she had seen dirt piles they dumped sit the same way for 10 years. The farmers here fill in the ditches within a few years, which causes the gravel roads to suffer (no ditches for the water to run off to)..

 

[ovrszd]

Sometimes smaller is better. Our Township has 3 board members that live in the township on gravel roads. Township has one employee, me. Township owns one piece of equipment. Hire the rest locally. Residents in the township take a personal interest in the roads. It is rare for a land owner to resist any roadwork that needs done. Our residents would handily vote against any change to the current system.

 

[Diggin It]

Smaller is almost always better as long as there is sufficient funding to operate small without outside assistance. Once a small community starts seeking state funding, the rules change on how those funds can be spent.

 

[lilranch2001]

most women will disagree with you on that!

 

[snymat68]

most women will disagree with you on that!

Hmmm... I dunno... he said...

Smaller is almost always better as long as there is sufficient funding to operate small without outside assistance. Once a small community starts seeking state funding, the rules change on how those funds can be spent.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Yeah, funny. For years they tried to make men believe otherwise. Not what you have, but how you use it, Yeah O.K.

Our little municipality once voted at council whether the building inspector should get a new filing cabinet. Now, it's all amalgamated and tax money is thrown off the roof with both hands.

 

[cjoffutt]

Around here most all of the roads are now paved, even in the county, cant remember when I have actually seen a road grader.......

Fellow Hoosier here, both my East/West & North/South running roads at my house are gravel and I'm HAPPY they are. Keeps the non-residents away. Only people that drive down the road are myself and the wife for the most part. It may see a total of 20 different vehicles a month. Odd thing is, I'm less than 2 miles from 2 state highways in 2 directions.