things are definitley looking up!

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by fishbones

I'm not sure what's going on with all the "shovel ready projects" for which stimulus money was given, though. Construction (residential and commercial)jobs are down by 59,000 in the last 3 months.

Driving around our towns, road construction jobs surely seem to be on the rise though.

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Driving around our towns, road construction jobs surely seem to be on the rise though.

You ain't kiddin'. I just had to have a bunch of work done on the front end of my car.

Those people are already employed. They figure the longer they take to fix the roads, the longer they remain employed.

[FishermanTim]

Most of the current "road construction" projects are those never-ending jobs, you know where they pave the road, dig it up for some assinine reason and then pave it again, and then comeback next year or so to fix all the potholes that "magically appeared" because of the crappy work that was done in the first place.

It is "status quo" that within 2 months of repaving ANY ROAD in this state that they will have to dig it up again for some other project.
Since the state can't even organize a sock swap, we can't expect them to try and get all underground projects done BEFORE they repave the road.

The only stimulus I get from this is in my sphincter

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

It is "status quo" that within 2 months of repaving ANY ROAD in this state that they will have to dig it up again for some other project.
Since the state can't even organize a sock swap, we can't expect them to try and get all underground projects done BEFORE they repave the road.

A stretch of 106 in Mansfield that runs near the schools was paved something like 7 or 8 times over a 6 year span. My best friend used to live on that stretch. They went through 3 civil engineers during that time and would take 2-4 months to get the job done each time.

But that was during the times when Mansfield had more money than they knew what to do with - a full industrial park, 4-5 nights of concerts per week at Great Woods and more people moving into town than they knew what to do with.

[RIJIMMY]

[QUOTE=JohnnyD;695967]A stretch of 106 in Mansfield that runs near the schools was paved something like 7 or 8 times over a 6 year span. My best friend used to live on that stretch. They went through 3 civil engineers during that time and would take 2-4 months to get the job done each time.

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I thought it was just my imagination! I live off that stretch and kept saying, dindt they just do this?? sometimes they'd finish and then rip it up weeks later!

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

I thought it was just my imagination! I live off that stretch and kept saying, dindt they just do this?? sometimes they'd finish and then rip it up weeks later!

Same thing is going on now from under the commuter rail bridge and out towards the CVS.