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Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
why does the city appear to only re-paint bike lanes at the end of the summer and not in the spring?
my example is 8 avenue ne, going up the hill east of deerfoot. the lines are always so faded away, motorists tend to ignore them. then, near the end of the summer, the city comes around and paints them just in time for bad weather to wear them out by springtime, the cycle continues.
oh, i've already heard the "we don't have enough paint trucks" excuse before, surely that still can't be the reason, can it?
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This is an issue with many types of road markings, not just bike lanes. For instance, the City repaints 17,500 crosswalks across the city every year. Currently, the City uses primarily a low volatile organic compound (VOC) paint, which is inexpensive and easy to apply, but has low durability, particularly given the amount of road sand we use.
The City is transitioning currently toward (hopefully) 100% use of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) which is an epoxy for most types of lines, including bike lanes. It's far more durable, so will last better throughout the winter season.
On crosswalk markings (something I've been working directly on with Roads) we are about to launch a pilot on 17th Avenue later this month, experimenting with a bunch of different materials to test durability.