Blue Ridge Parkway (Cherokee End)
If you ride a motorcycle this will interest you: The US federal government decided to "Tar and Chip" the Blue Ridge Parkway. If you don't know what that is, they spray down hot tar and cover it wit...
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RGar974417 wrote:
In Pa, the state has been doing that for years. It does extend the life of the roads but it is dangerous for bikers.
And it chips the daylights out of paint, throws tar and chips all over the undercarriage and on the paint. Dangerous and damaging.
Now...if they ROLLED it afterwards, as I saw ONE TIME elsewhere, not so bad. But around here they simply spray it and cover potholes, which just make chip-holders and allow the cars to be the 'rollers'
IMHO, if a road cannot survive 12 months without serious defects, the contracting company must be BILLED, FINED, and BARRED from doing business with the state until corrected.
Too much Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in this state.
