Comments on: Digging up the road. Again…

By: Devin Stacken

Devin Stacken — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:30:14 +0000

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By: Shan Ding Lu » What’s with the water

Shan Ding Lu » What’s with the water — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:28:17 +0000

[...] were somewhat concerned that it would remain yet another rough patch on our tarmac-tapestry of a [...]

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:32:06 +0000

I have seen a number of truck weigh checks recently. Rather, we passed 20 or 30 overloaded trucks parked along a long stretch of road as someone had warned them a weighing inspector was up ahead. Perhaps the traffic authorities are weak. Will or can the KMT do anything about this? Lets wait and see.

By: Boyd R. Jones

Boyd R. Jones — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:28:32 +0000

I don’t know about the roads in Phoenix, but the roads in Taiwanese are constantly torn up by such crews and their work is shoddy at best. Government largesse? Always amazes me that the Taiwanese can build the world’s best notebook PCs but can’t create a road as smooth as that I have experienced in most other parts of the world (e.g., Malaysia, USA, Europe). I also think the poor roads in Taiwan are due to weak traffic authorities that don’t enforce truck weight restrictions. One hopes the new KMT Administration will adopt global best practices in this area.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:06:15 +0000

At least a human operator can abuse the cars when they don’t slow down. With 4 they might accost you. Where-as this guy just holds his wry smile.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:50:11 +0000

Thanks Derrill. Indeed, long time no see.
I do remember the Phoenix road teams were good at digging up the roads. Those GAAP rules go something like this;
“To ensure future road users are grateful and ever aware of the maintenance teams existence, the patch must NOT be smooth and seamless.”
And;
“Be certain the patch does not overlap the existing road surface as this will prevent potholes and bad weather wear”

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:01:22 +0000

I love the dummy – in Melbourne they have 4 humans doing the same job – it always seems such a waste!

By: Derrill

Derrill — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:43:23 +0000

Hello Stephen. Long time no see I think this may be a phenomenon adopted from the West whereby the introduction of fresh, smooth paving is actually purposed as a definitive signal to the public that extensive underground work is about to be performed there. And it is standard that the crews that lay the first paving are not the same crews that lay the patch work – in fact, if I’m not mistaken, I believe this may even be a rule defined by the GAAP, or Global Association of Asphalt Pavers Anyway, such is very common in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

By: David on Formosa » Links 31 March 2008

David on Formosa » Links 31 March 2008 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:55:50 +0000

[...] Shan Ding Lu has photos of roadworks. [...]