Texas begins replacing paved roads with gravel

[HereWeGoAgain]

I was going to say the same thing. But remember, these are the same people who say "supply and demand" is unrelated to creating jobs.

Nope. These towns are usually in the middle of nowhere. So the increase in business way offsets any revenue lost to tourism that never existed in the first place.
And people drive trucks in small farming communities so it's not a big deal.
Have you ever left the city?

Boy you seem to tell an entirely different story than the people actually there

Darlene Meyer is a 77-year-old rancher whose property sits along a portion of FM 469 in LaSalle County that is marked for conversion to gravel. She has lived in the county since 1960 and said the current road conditions are the worst she has seen.

“Texas used to have the best roads,” she said.

Meyer said she worries about breaking an axle or popping a tire on the dilapidated paved roads. When they are converted to gravel, she said, she is concerned about the impact of the lower speed limit and about rocks that might crack windows, about potential increases in insurance rates and heavy rains that could flush out the gravel and make the roads impassable. She said she is also worried that living near a new gravel road will reduce her property value.

Dimmit and Zavala county appraisal district officials said they do not expect that the road conversion will prompt immediate changes in area property values, but it is unclear how the changes will affect property values in the future.

With the current oil boom and politicians touting Texas as a thriving, economically sound state, Meyer said she doesn’t understand why TxDOT is converting paved roads to gravel.

“I just can’t believe the Department of Transportation is going back to the dark ages,” she said.

Plan to Convert Roads to Gravel Begins Despite Pushback | The Texas Tribune

Says one old lady... How about you ask the local business's in town?

 

[Little-Acorn]

Any particular evidence to cite, that the oil companies (or whomever) is running overweight trucks, or passing illegally etc. etc.

And, any particular reason why the cops don't catch the people doing these things, and the courts don't fine the hell out of them for it? Instead of simply conceding defeat and going back to the 1920s when roads weren't paved?

 

[THORAX]

Libs are insane...

Scared of gravel.

 

[bodecea]

Libs are insane...

Scared of gravel.

Yeah...expecting roads to be kept up...who do they think they are!!!!!?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Libs are insane...

Scared of gravel.

Yeah...expecting roads to be kept up...who do they think they are!!!!!?

So you think it's better to spend shitloads of tax payer money to repair it over and over?
Why not wait until the truck traffic slows and then re pave?

 

[bodecea]

Libs are insane...

Scared of gravel.

Yeah...expecting roads to be kept up...who do they think they are!!!!!?

So you think it's better to spend shitloads of tax payer money to repair it over and over?
Why not wait until the truck traffic slows and then re pave?

What an excellent excuse to use........everywhere.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Yeah...expecting roads to be kept up...who do they think they are!!!!!?

So you think it's better to spend shitloads of tax payer money to repair it over and over?
Why not wait until the truck traffic slows and then re pave?

What an excellent excuse to use........everywhere.

Everywhere doesnt see this much traffic. And if it was permanent traffic they would build the road accordingly.
This is temporary traffic. Stop being stupid.

That this is the best you have to throw at Texas is pretty telling. Laughable actually.

 

[THORAX]

Libs are insane...

Scared of gravel.

Yeah...expecting roads to be kept up...who do they think they are!!!!!?

Scared.

Of.

Gravel.

 

[bodecea]

So you think it's better to spend shitloads of tax payer money to repair it over and over?
Why not wait until the truck traffic slows and then re pave?

What an excellent excuse to use........everywhere.

Everywhere doesnt see this much traffic. And if it was permanent traffic they would build the road accordingly.
This is temporary traffic. Stop being stupid.

That this is the best you have to throw at Texas is pretty telling. Laughable actually.

Not throwing anything...they want gravel roads....more power to them. Just don't come up with whiny excuses as to why they are letting things go.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

I've learned something valuable here. If you want to keep the libtards away move to a place with gravel roads it apparently scares the sh*t out of them.

I wish we could make all roads into and out of lib states gravel that way the f*ckers can't get out and pollute the rest of the states.

 

[Katzndogz]

In Texas 80 miles is more like a driveway.

The 77 year old woman complaining was mildly amusing. As if this Rancher never saw an unpaved road before!

 

[JWBooth]

Europe and China have great infrastructure, while the US reverts to gravel roads.

If you ever get to Cape Canaveral and check it out.....

The road where they used to take the Space Shuttle from its hangar to the Launch Pad; and before that the big, huge, gigantic Atlas Rockets was gravel. And still is.

For some reason, gravel supports heavy loads more easily than does pavement.

Ask an engineer

Nor does gravel melt in the summer.

 

[rdean]

Based on the reverse evolution that is going on in Texas, I suspect that it will only be a matter of time before they replace gravel roads with dirt.

That was hilarious. They may run out of gravel, but they will never run out of "dirt".

 

[rdean]

Europe and China have great infrastructure, while the US reverts to gravel roads.

China built an entire city, and no one lives in it. I know that progressives think that makes sense, but in the real world it is going to make things worse.

Right wingers don't build anything. But they do a good job of moving jobs to China. So good, the Chinese have the money to build cities no one lives in. But here? Gravel!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

What an excellent excuse to use........everywhere.

Everywhere doesnt see this much traffic. And if it was permanent traffic they would build the road accordingly.
This is temporary traffic. Stop being stupid.

That this is the best you have to throw at Texas is pretty telling. Laughable actually.

Not throwing anything...they want gravel roads....more power to them. Just don't come up with whiny excuses as to why they are letting things go.

You need to stick to fuzz bumping issues. You're just to damn stupid for anything else.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Europe and China have great infrastructure, while the US reverts to gravel roads.

China built an entire city, and no one lives in it. I know that progressives think that makes sense, but in the real world it is going to make things worse.

Right wingers don't build anything. But they do a good job of moving jobs to China. So good, the Chinese have the money to build cities no one lives in. But here? Gravel!

You gotta love how libs built detroit. Stellar job libs,just stellar!
Only in lib land is waiting to pave a road worse then destroying an enitre city.

Fucken retards......

 

[thereisnospoon]

God forbid the oil companies should contribute to fixing the roads they ruined. <My comment

Texas begins replacing paved roads with gravel due to lack of funding | The Raw Story

The oil and gas boom in Texas has produced an unintended effect: The state plans to covert some roads to gravel to save money.

The oversized vehicles and overweight loads used by energy companies has had a devastating impact on many roads, but the state has not appropriated enough money to fix them.

The Texas Department of Transportation began converting more than 80 miles of paved roads to gravel on Monday, according to the Texas Tribune. The speed limit on the new gravel roads will be reduced to 30 mph.

Texas lawmakers approved $225 million for the repair of roadways and bridges within the state highway system this year. Texas lawmakers also approved a ballot measure that would provide $1.2 billion a year for state transportation projects. If approved by voters in 2014, the measure would divert money from the state’s rainy day fund to the state highway fund.
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Who wastes their time reporting this crap. It's not news.
Wealthy Rockland County, NY (a suburban NYC county) has been using gravel instead of asphalt to resurface the county maintained roads for decades.
But you will continue to run about with your hair on fire thinking you've made this huge discovery...

 

[Zona]

WTF. Ride that Horsie!!!! Ride that fucking horse!!! Back to 1791!

Extremism no matter right or left SUCKS!

But I thought the right loved the "good ole days"? No?

 

[Zona]

God forbid the oil companies should contribute to fixing the roads they ruined. <My comment

Texas begins replacing paved roads with gravel due to lack of funding | The Raw Story

The oil and gas boom in Texas has produced an unintended effect: The state plans to covert some roads to gravel to save money.

The oversized vehicles and overweight loads used by energy companies has had a devastating impact on many roads, but the state has not appropriated enough money to fix them.

The Texas Department of Transportation began converting more than 80 miles of paved roads to gravel on Monday, according to the Texas Tribune. The speed limit on the new gravel roads will be reduced to 30 mph.

Texas lawmakers approved $225 million for the repair of roadways and bridges within the state highway system this year. Texas lawmakers also approved a ballot measure that would provide $1.2 billion a year for state transportation projects. If approved by voters in 2014, the measure would divert money from the state’s rainy day fund to the state highway fund.
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Who wastes their time reporting this crap. It's not news.
Wealthy Rockland County, NY (a suburban NYC county) has been using gravel instead of asphalt to resurface the county maintained roads for decades.
But you will continue to run about with your hair on fire thinking you've made this huge discovery...

 

[blackhawk]

Driving on gravel is great really good traction and if some asshole is tailgating you floor it and see how fast they back off.