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Road “repair” — looking ugly
Here we go again…fresh tosca (rock dust, for lack of a better description) and the grader. Making a mess. As if to taunt their efforts, rain comes in torrents, turning the road once again into a river,...
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¿Solucionado?
Thought the street is still a muddy mess, we got a surprise today when a backhoe appeared and installed plastic culverts, potentially (there remain a few unresolved upstream/upstreet issues) creating...
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Unbelievable?
Before I even got out of bed, I heard machinery in the road. Looked out to see a large truck with a replacement length of plastic culvert. Oh nooo … the definition of insanity and all that. But wait!...
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Street repair
Someone did a nice job of “tiling” a wading-pool-sized puddle that has developed.
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Road repair and destruction
What do you get when you divert buses in order to repair the road they’ve destroyed? Different destroyed roads.
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Further road destruction
The very next day, even further destruction from the detoured buses.
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Pothole gods
There must be pothole gods. Or demons. Or entities. Otherwise — now that our road is fixed and well-drained — why do all the potholes (pozos, same word as well) form right around our driveway? Today a...
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What? A line?
The repaving of the bus route (see here and here) has actually turned out quite nicely. Avenida Mario Ferreiria has become a pleasure to drive instead of a nightmare. I’m not sure about having a line...
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Different approaches to filling pot holes
I don’t want to seem judgmental, but mine’s the one on top.
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After the rains: haven’t seen this before
In almost 4-1/2 years here, I’ve seen lots of rain, but never this: the tosca, road-building material made from soft sedimentary rock, has become so saturated in many areas that it acts as mud. Ride...
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