How to patch a potholed road without making it better
After reading @shadowhau 's post about the pitiful conditions of some of our roads in Malaysia, I am reminded how equally comical the outcome can sometimes be when the authorities tries to address this problem.
This is not in the middle-of-nowhere backwater settlement, mind you. This "beautifully" patched road is the main road of a commercial area near my residential area, which sees quite a lot of traffic on a daily basis.
The patchworks are obviously done by some half-past-six contractors hired by the city council. I wonder if the city council sent anyone to perform a post-mortem on the work done, because according to my friend who works at a civil engineering firm, this kind of surface condition warrants repaving work for the entire stretch.
I've observed some roads in the surrounding areas that have been repaved. Hopefully this road will receive the same treatment soon.
The low quality work, the bribery and poor planning seem to me to stem from a worldwide concentration of income to the top 1%. Then those in the top 1% work hard to reduce taxes, while omitting the fact that those taxes pay for the roads, the sewer and the fire and police departments.
Huh. That's a pretty cool animation in your signature. Nice.
Anyway, the way to deal with that really, is to get involved in local government. Most local governments operate sight unseen by most of the people where they live. Most of us are too busy working to get involved.
But if a lot more people show up, that shines a light, something called, "scrutiny" on the decision makers. I'm afraid that's the only way things will change.
Yes we desperately need better check and balance in all aspects of governance of a country down to all the cities and town. But as you mentioned, each of us outside of that 1% have very little control, and nowadays most are too busy making a living than to stand up and try to make a difference.
Also, often times when some one does, violence ensues. It's quite sad really.
Eventually, there will be a tipping point and enough people will get the idea to participate or be ruled by their inferiors.
Even where i live we have the haphazard patching of holes like that I believe it is not cost effective repairs as this type of repair do not last long
Even better for those contractors if the patches don't last. They get paid to fill in the same hole again and again!
@dxn Sadly thats very true, but not good planning by the city officials
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It looks like the low bidder got the work and the city probably got what they paid for, that is at least how it would be if that shot was from any town in the USA. The only one exception would be the towns that at actually fix their own pot holes, but then; the it would very much similar except that the patches would be raised up about 4 to six inches and they would be calling them "speed humps" to slow the traffic down/
holy crap 6 inches tall! that's like building a curb in the middle of the road lol!
Normally the speed humps or speed bumps are used in residential neighbor hoods and taper up and down but 4" is common and I have seen some that if I were to get out and measure them I'm pretty sure they would be 6" I can tell you, a person will only go over them fast one time, that is pretty much a guarantee.
Good to see the governmnet council and taking care of civil services
and as you can see, not exactly doing a good job lol!