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Tag Archives: roads

Toronto recovers from worst winter in three decades

The Municipal Posted on August 28, 2014 by Phoebe MuthartAugust 28, 2014
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, experienced its worst winter in 30 years in 2013–14. Crews spent many hours making roads and sidewalks safe for the public. (Photo provided by Transportation Services, Scarborough District, city of Toronto)

The past winter was one for the record books. No one knows this better than Peter Noehammer, engineer and director of transportation services for the Scarborough District of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto is getting its roads back … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged city, crews, potholes, road, roads, toronto, transportation, winter | Leave a reply

Citizen-repaired streets

The Municipal Posted on June 7, 2014 by Drema DrudgeJune 26, 2014
As public works departments struggle to stretch their budgets far enough to be able to patch all of their pothole-plagued streets, in a few instances residents have decided to take matters into their own hands and attempt the repairs on their own. (Shutterstock photo)

If you had been out in the dead of night in Jackson, Miss., a few months ago, you might have run across Ron Chane’s work. The local resident patched just over 100 of the many potholes that dotted the city’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Public Service, Transportation, Uncategorized | Tagged asphalt, bump, citizens, city’s, jackson, local, roads, speed | Leave a reply

Fracking and rural roads

The Municipal Posted on November 7, 2013 by The MunicipalSeptember 7, 2017
Broken, “pie-crust” roads tend to develop when heavy trucks repeatedly carry large loads of sand, water and equipment to fracking wells. (Photo provided)

Which way would a blind Lady Justice’s scale tilt when weighing the benefits of shale energy development, with its high-volume hydraulic fracking, against rural road deterioration? That’s the major balancing act that confronts state and local powers that be. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | Tagged companies, gas, industry, pennsylvania, posted, road, roads, roadway | Leave a reply

Fracking and rural roads

The Municipal Posted on October 21, 2013 by Barb SieminskiOctober 22, 2013
“Pie-crust” roads can be pounded back into gravel. With some supplemental aggregate this road could be, and was, actually graded. (Photo provided)

Which way would a blind Lady Justice’s scale tilt when weighing the benefits of shale energy development with high-volume hydraulic fracking against rural road deterioration? That’s the major balancing act that confronts states’ powers-that-be when deciding whether drilling for natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | Tagged 000, fracking, gas, heavy, kentucky, road, roads, trucks | Leave a reply

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