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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
This. Asphalt is a temp fix until the next crew comes to reform the curb. Then a crew comes to pour the curb, but as concrete volume goes, yards of concrete only have so much time in the truck before it firms up so they need an efficient collection of forms.
Then another crew has to come to remove the forms before the final crew can come to pour and finish the sidewalk. Usually winter comes somewhere in between these steps.
You'll accept your asphalt and learn to like it.
I should add, a major burden on this situation is the massive amount of infill construction that breaks the sidewalks for utility connections. There's some in my neighbourhood that have been asphalt patches for a year but they're on a list. Way down a list.
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Over the pandemic we’ve watched this play out across the street. There was a water line issue under the street, so the city came out, tore up the road and sidewalk (and part of the neighbour’s lawn and driveway), fixed the pipe issue, filled and put down the temporary asphalt.
Turns out they didn’t do the fill properly, so the temporary fix sunk into a massive hole. Come back, tear it all out and replace with temporary asphalt again. That holds up reasonably well over the winter.
Last summer, they come back, tear out the temporary stuff, finally put the final forms and pour the sidewalk, fix up the driveway and lawn and everything looks great. Then for some unknown (to me) reason, they’ve had to come back, tear all of the final stuff out and we’re back to the temporary asphalt, which has sunk (but not quite as bad as the massive hole previously.
You’re line “You’ll accept your asphalt and learn to like it” is 100% accurate.