Is there anything we can do to smarten up the city?

[Ur0Drivr]

Re: Is there anything we can do to smarten up the city?

However I only have a few more months to deal with it!!!

Bastard.

[jta430]

Re: Is there anything we can do to smarten up the city?

probably one of the most racist posts i've seen in a long time.

But that aside I think your grossly over simplifying things in terms of the logistics it takes to do road repair. Every Mc Joe wants the pot hole at the end of their street fixed and because you don't see crews out in front of your house every year people assume the city is doing nothing, when there are huge road reconstruction projects going on right now.

Sure city workers have a reputation of being lazy but its not the cities fault its the people working for them, the city doesn't have the money to employ a babysitter for every worker out on the street. Or the funds to have people fired, then hire and train a newby just to have to fire them a month later, so they work with what they can get

And to be honest I don't think the city gives a damn if 10% of the population rollin low with rims and tims on has a bit of trouble getting around, because roads were never made for the person who decides to dump their ride obnoxiously low. I've never had any problems what so ever at stock ride height around the city.

People always compare our roads to other cities but they fail to look at the amount of freeze thaw calgary goes through every year, our climate conditions for maintaining good quality roads are possibly one of the worst in NA so you can't compare. My street for example has to be dug up almost every second year because an underground spring causes the road to heave during the freeze thaw.

the road heaves due to the thaw is a nice excuse for the condition of the roads.
i have driven in sweden and norway were it can be +30 in the summer and -30 in the winter there roads stay smooth all year.
even when we built tempoary roads in the army we used 4 feet of compacted crushed rock a teram frost/vapour shield and minimum of 6 in blacktop.
there is no excuse for the condition of the roads in the city .

[BaggedGLI]

Re: Is there anything we can do to smarten up the city?

the road heaves due to the thaw is a nice excuse for the condition of the roads.
i have driven in sweden and norway were it can be +30 in the summer and -30 in the winter there roads stay smooth all year.
even when we built tempoary roads in the army we used 4 feet of compacted crushed rock a teram frost/vapour shield and minimum of 6 in blacktop.
there is no excuse for the condition of the roads in the city .

Yeah but that's the smart way to do it.....

[mDmVR6]

Re: Is there anything we can do to smarten up the city?

I agree with the original poster! F'in potholes FTL!

[luunta]

Re: Is there anything we can do to smarten up the city?

Vancouver ftw!

[Geobmx4life]

Re: Is there anything we can do to smarten up the city?

Man up...get hydraulics and high ride when you can't low ride!!! LOL JK...Calgary is horrible at maintenance and planning, preventative or otherwise!

[Satnam]

Re: Is there anything we can do to smarten up the city?

if a city department did their job properly, they would put themselves out of a job. shoddy work = employment and continued budget.