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Originally Posted by Mazrim
Looks like Calgary has been in a "treading water" pattern on road rehabilitation for a while based on this tweet from Evan Spencer.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1788659594589606110
In a perfect world, roads get repairs before cracks get bad, or a full depth replacement before the roads are so bad you can't patch them. In the long-term it's way cheaper than waiting for the road to fail. That doesn't happen often because proactive maintenance is generally considered a luxury by those who approve budgets. They probably think short term, and they probably don't tax residents enough to cover all the lane kilometers the city adds every year. That's how you get roads that get really bad and also cost a ton to fix. |
Well at least the city is finally starting to look at the deteriorating conditions of Calgary roads.
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...othole-problem
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The PQI indicates that 38 per cent of roads in Calgary are rated good or very good, according to mobility director Troy McLeod. He said the national average is 61 per cent.
Calgary’s PQI score has dropped considerably in the past decade, McLeod said, adding that 74 per cent of the city’s roads were rated “good” or “very good” 10 years ago.
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Just as I posted pages back it was pretty evident that Calgary roads have degraded a lot over a short period of time.
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“We predicted this with our analysis — that pavement quality would over time reduce, and it has,” he said.
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Well it's nice and all that the city knew this was coming but would be a little better if they were more proactive rather than letting things get 3rd world bad before they decided to deal with it.