BLOG UPDATE: JUNE 8, 2016.
Happy to report that this morning, crews were at the site and "ground down to pavement level" the "humps and ridges". Thank goodness!!!!
June 4th story:
Anyone who regularly travels -- in both directions, in both lanes -- the 2500 block of Highway 6 had been anticipating when road crews would finally patch the almost-countless frost breaks and potholes.
The area from the Polson railway overpass all the way to the traffic light at the Science Centre was one that could loosen the fillings in your teeth.
How nice then that the patching work was completed...but hold on.
Literally, hold on.
What used to be alignment-jarring three-inch holes and cracks are now...wait for it...alignment-jarring two-inch humps and ridges.
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| Difficult to get a good shot, but anyone recently travelling this stretch must be disgusted! |
Where are the standards of paving performance?
There must be standards...somewhere!
I recently heard that Kelowna has a supervisor who--after paving is done--goes to the site with some kind of a small machine that "reads" and inspects standards such as depth, coverage/height, and overall visual quality of the paving work. If standards aren't met, the contractor must immediately return to redo the work.
And you can bet that contractor's bid won't be accepted for future work if quality is lacking.
That "reader" machine is only in Kelowna?
Pity...
"Welcome to Dogpatch," says Kia.
It is likely that the Ministry of Transportation, not the City of Vernon, is responsible for the poor patching as Highway 6 is a provincial highway.
ReplyDeleteSo somebody at the MoT needs that machine/gauge; hopefully they borrow it from Kelowna!
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