I heard that the builders in Germany, and other European countries too have to guarantee the road for 20 years or something.
It's not so much the snow and ice that kills the road, but constant freezing and thawing that happens each day or so. Plus the plows themselves can be pretty hard on the roads. My village use a construction loader to plow our street. It was pretty cool because this big thing could turn tighter than a regular plow because it is articulated in the center. But those big tires put some indentations in the road. Dave. '90 GLi Tired of Midwest Winters. ----- Original Message ----- : << Does anyone know if there is a reason why our roads are so much worse than : other countries? I mean some European countries get tons of snow and ice : yet have glass smooth roads. Is it government regulation, different : materials or do the contracting companies keep doing a lousy job to keep : themselves in business? _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
