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when will the Goverment start working on 18th street to finish it .  
they could start now instead of starting in Sept .  
chew the old pavement up an then relay new .  
 
also the province should be looking at other places to repair . like Richmond turn out to Coop store . people slow right down to 10 km to try to turn in its a bumpy mess an hard on cars front ends .  
 
the goverment an city have to get certain areas fixed .  
 
 
just my thoughts , what are yours ?

It's a good question, but there are many reasons. The ground hasn't even gotten to the frost line thawing yet. It's rainy season. Doing all that repaving and filling will be a waste of time because doing it when water is still seeping in will just ruin all of the work, plus, the temps still aren't warm enough for the mix to dry and set, which means there is still expansion and contraction of materials which ruins them if they are set too early in the season. I could be wrong,but from what I've been told, most roads are done with a Bitiminous mix, which needs proper warm temps. Winter repairs on roads with pipe burst repairs are a different type of hard mix that isn't meant to be used for regular road use, which is why they don't use that for all season, and why Bitiminous is used regularly. City folk always complain about roads. Be thankful you don't deal with country roads and frost boils, washboard roads all season, every season, and 60 foot mud ruts everytime it rains, lol.  
 
Edited by Mr E Of The Century , 2025-04-13 14:25:02

The province is poor lol don’t be surprised that it may not get completed in a time frame that’s suitable for you .

how the asphalt plant typically doesn't start mixing till after May Long, hard to pave till then.

Also government year end is March 30 so no tenders  
are issued until later or much later.  
The city failed to redo 4 blocks of 26th St. as promised  
due to discussion of bike lanes & reducing 4 lanes to 2.