Kiwi roadwork cowboys

[mrchips]

well, how else can you build up the road without using a good base rock?
What do you want, a stop go for 1km 24/7?

Now is a good time to do roadworks, cause once rain gets into the seal it fucks it.

It's fucked well before the rain gets in !

Baserock should be mixed granular / crushed rock to enable compaction NOT big arse fucken river boulders !.

I have no objection to road works, but this caveman approach to building nz's goat tracks is bullshit, cheap fuckers !

[Ocean1]

I took the long road to Paeroa last week, spending Saturday riding from Tologa Bay to Whangamata. I reckon someone dispatched the village idiot in a ute full of roadworks signage with instructions to sprinkle it liberally and completely at random around the cape.

I didn't see a single "works end" sign anywhere near what might be considered roadworks. About 08:00 Sat, the bike ahead of me in the fog dropped about two feet into 4" loose river rock base course. A lesser rider would have lost it. 50 metres later there's a "30K" sign. It was a bad joke.

At least they were using sweepers, we passed three going the other way at a great rate of knots, bombarding us with sticky sharp gravel. Still, at least they're consistant, it's like that every year on the way to Paeroa.

[Rhys]

I reckon someone dispatched the village idiot in a ute full of roadworks signage with instructions to sprinkle it liberally and completely at random around the cape.

[carver]

It's fucked well before the rain gets in !

Baserock should be mixed granular / crushed rock to enable compaction NOT big arse fucken river boulders !.

I have no objection to road works, but this caveman approach to building nz's goat tracks is bullshit, cheap fuckers !

cheapest price wins the tender!