🚀 go-pugleaf

Count me in, on being fed up.....
*vent on*
I live in Belvidere (by Rockford) - used to take 90 to 53 (usually a 45
minute drive). When construction on 90 started - I started getting off at 59
& taking Higgins to Golf. Then construction of the Golf / Higgins
intersection, as well parts of both roads, started. So, then I started
'sneaking through' on some short cuts I know about, from growing up in the
area. That didn't last long - either the short cuts are jammed (because
there is no where else to go), or they are also under construction. So, now,
no matter what way I go, my drive is between an hour & a half and 2 hours.
Joy.
*vent off*

We should learn from our friends in the Southwest.... some of their roads
contain rubber (from recycled tires), which causes them to last
significantly longer than plain asphalt & helps them withstand extreme
weather (hot or cold), without getting a million pot holes......

Wendy


"Margaret T Earl {QA1399}" <earlmt@conch.cig.mot.com> wrote in message
news:aaceub$8sq2@nntp.cig.mot.com...
> In article <_siy8.58999$CH.9808@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net>,
> DBT, Inc. <dbtinc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >The problem isn't the need to fix the roads (they need it) - it's just
that
> >they are all being repaired simultaneously or over a two year interval
> >thanks to Gov Ryan's Build Illinois Program. Let this be a lesson. Fix
the
> >stuff smoothly over time...
>
> *snort*
>
> To me there are some pieces which shouldn't have been torn up in the first
> place.  I'm thinking of the piece of I-90 from 53 to Roselle Rd at least.
> They put in a new ramp, new exit lane, and moved the toll plaze just last
year
> didn't they?  It was just fine!  Now they've gone and torn it up and the
> patches they've put in are lousy!
>
> To me, they're just making up busy work in order to show that they need to
> raise the tolls to 75 cents.
>
> I also thought asphalt roads are supposed to last 20 years - not one year.
> I think we need more honest contractors and less cronyism.
>
> >> What would be your solution to the gridlock caused by maintenance and
> >> construction of roads during non-frozen months?
> >
>
> I think they should not charge toll money for when the toll roads are
> all torn up - like that'll happen.  It's bad enough the traffic backs up
to
> infinity for the tolls to begin with.
>
> Peg