construction rule
construction rule
construction rule
Look how pristine those vests are. These three fuckers are about to tell someone how to do their job whilst never having done said job.
Or, they're about to collect their paycheck from the photoshoot they just participated in.
Nope. They dont actually start construction, they just put cones up so they can start hiring the actual construction team with the 33% pay the city/county gives them when they put those cones up. Road projects fall through an average of two times ... this means your local government usually pays for 66% of a project before it is even started (often over 100% if it happens more). The money is rarely recovered.
Don't forget that traffic fines increase in construction zones, even if there is no actual construction going on. Not only does nothing get done, but the people pay for it doubly so.
I did indeed forget that part ... but you know who doesn't forget it? The police issuing tickets on a construction site that isn't even active. Such a great point.
Road projects fall through an average of two times
Do you have a source for this? I work in consulting and have never had a construction project fall through. Part of the mandatory bidding process is the contractor securing a bond against the value of the work, so that if they walk away, the Municipality can claim against the cost of the bond to complete the works.
The high failure rate of construction companies would be here https://www.constructconnect.com/blog/6-reasons-why-construction-companies-fail
Surety Bonds might only cover 10% of the bid cost. They can cover 100%, but usually cover less. This is where my local area seems to be getting hit. They are hiring companies from other countries and getting skipped out on once they hit a certain payment milestone.
That and the low bidder system. I am in heartland America, it is way too common here.
Can’t be more true. The part of town I’m in has 3 main routes to downtown. Without going way out of the way. 2 are under construction.
every major city in Canada
I ignore "road closed" signs the road has actually been closed only one time and the diversion I needed to take was way smaller than if I paid attention to the first sign. Why would I take a 10 mile diversion through backroads if the 1 mile diversion works?
"It'll only take until the heat death of the universe for us to actually finish."
That's the hilarious part. You watch Japan repair their roads after an earthquake in a weekend. Scheduled maintenance in the States takes weeks or months. Hell, one project near me took YEARS to finish.
A road construction project within view of my old place could have been finished in 6 months, given the speed they set up 90% of it.
All that was left was a small ramp and a slightly curved road.
Then some locals found out that the plan for the surrounding fields (that had been untended and growing wild for almost a decade before hand) were going to be used for solar power.
Suddenly they became very concerned about proper land surveys and impacts, supposedly solar installations bring in crime, and all kinds of other stall tactics.
Well since they put the project on hold for over 5 years, the price of solar dropped a TON and when the bullshit finally got sorted, the solar field ended up being almost 3x the original intended power output.
And the only crime that has happened as a result is occasionally they have to replace some panels because some good old boys keep taking pot shots at the panels. Normal people might call that "domestic terrorism" and do something about it, but the local sheriff didn't seem go care until their offices needed renovating and they had to shack up down the street.
Just a rambling way to say all the problems with the road projects around my area are caused by locals.
They took down all the overpass bridges near me, for whatever reason.
They have been down for months already and the last handful of times I’ve driven by, the equipment has not moved at all. So they tore them out all at once, making getting into my town from the highway virtually impossible, and now aren’t even doing anything with them.
Cool, cool, nobody needs to get here anyway.
Those fast tracked projects cost multiple times over tho
Maybe my perception of time is exaggerated, but I think a bus stop near me has been shut down for weeks for no apparent reason. As of a few days ago there's a fence around it and a large vehicle, but there's still no work being done??
Is there at least another stop nearby?
That's always extra shitty, though. There are some people who rely on public transport. That should be a priority to have up and running.