I live in the US and here when they work on a road it takes half a decade to finish then the road starts to fall apart within a few years. In the UK or Europe in general, how long does a road project last and does the road immediately start to fall apart after it is finished?
2007-07-20 07:05:49 · 12 answers · asked by Immortal Cordova 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
sounds pretty much right. we had a dual carriageway near us resurfaced last year and now they'r ripping it up again. and its always holiday time when the roads are already rammed.
and in their infinate wisdom, our city council had decided to use a cheap road surface on the whole city, but its been banne din most places cos its too dangerous! they said it'll be fine when it wears in. when it wears in it'll need replacing!
i'm ranting now...
2007-07-20 07:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by nuttygirl824 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roadworks can last any length of time - usually between a day and 3 weeks, depending on the work to be carried out. If there is a building project going on it can last years - last summer a major building project started near where I work, it is scheduled to be finished and the road re-surfaced in 2009.
How long it takes for the road to fall to pieces again, depends on how well the road was done in the first place. The last time the road where I live was re-surfaced was 25 YEARS ago, and does NOT require re-doing yet.
2007-07-21 07:32:44 · answer #2 · answered by k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long is a piece of string?
A road near by where I live has has so many road works over the years that I can not remmber anytime during the last 30 years when thee has not been a delay along iy 2 mile route because of roadworks
2007-07-22 16:32:03 · answer #3 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the UK the roads are a mess, here in Edinburgh they have been neglected for about 100 years and now they are trying to fix them all at once, there are hold ups and road works on almost every street. I think the rest of Europe, esp. France, Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia have a much better record on maintenance.
2007-07-20 14:14:01 · answer #4 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Road work can take from days to years if they are repairing but building road considerably longer, but when they're finished they last, we have one road we call the Foss way and that was built by the Romans 1900 years ago although there wasn't any traffic light then.
2007-07-20 15:35:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT is the `Never ending story`, and takes ` Forever and a day`. Road works are the reason gave gave us a sense of humour!
2007-07-21 09:53:16 · answer #6 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same here and the workmen stand around most of the time drinking tea instead of fixing the road.
2007-07-20 15:44:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roads are pretty good,but they always repair them at busy times,repairs last quite some time in Wales where i live---we do things properly
2007-07-20 14:25:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With ours, they first cone it off.... For three months. Then six blokes turn up with one shovel which one of em uses to lean on while drinking Tea and smoking Cigarettes until Lunch time. Then three of em pop down the Bakers for enough Pastry Snacks to last till home time..
2007-07-20 14:12:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In london they are digging the roads up its just murder they have not got a clue in this country
2007-07-21 14:54:56 · answer #10 · answered by hounslow m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋