When they repave a street or highway in the U.S. it seems like they use some kind of cheap asphalt that starts cracking and crumbling within months. And it's never properly joined to the curbs, driveway aprons and manholes. In Europe (France is just one example), the materials and workmanship are way better. You never see asphalt slapped on the ground like it was cake iceing. There are very few potholes (even in the Alps, where the roads have to be plowed in the winter). And the highways are pretty much free of cracks and bumps. So here's my question. Do the Europeans use different techniques and materials for their roads than here in the U.S., or do they just spend vastly greater sums of money on their public works projects?
2006-07-30
05:29:59
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Christopher W
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