Rode SH39 From Whatawhata to Ngaruawahia yesterday morning as part of the morning fang...man there's some crappy road surfacing on that bit of road. No wonder I don't venture there very often...
One of the things they have along there (and in many other parts 'round here come to that) is a cheap jack shit repair to tar bleed. They lay down two wheel tracks worth of new chip seal over the bleed, which end up raised above the rest of the road surface and leave nice shiny road between and to each side of the new strips. Is this unique to the Waikato or do other penny pinching areas do the same?
Personally I hate these bits - OK as long as you follow the piece of chip but they allow no margin at all. So you can't really follow a decent line through the corner. And they tend to be rather temporary in my experience as well. Soon enough the bleed creeps back through and they are as useless as before.
OK OK - rant over...![]()
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