The Roads of Inverness County
Tags: Life In Cape Breton
On the way into Port Hawkesbury this morning, I noticed that the roads are being patched and patched and patched. By my estimation up to 20% of Marble Mountain Road is being re-filled. That tells you how many potholes there are in the road.
Unless I'm told differently, I believe that the last time a new road surface was laid down was in the 70's or 80's. That road is long overdue for repaving. Over the course of 5 years, there is as much surfacing material laid down as it would take to resurface it new. To be generous, I'll double that to 10 years. Why can't we simply have a new road laid down every 10 years? Think of all the money we would save on repairs and wear & tear on our cars. That's a lot of disposable income that would be freed to pour back into our economy for things that bring us pleasure and for things that we need besides car repairs.
Wouldn't that be a nice boost to the local economy?
On the way into Port Hawkesbury this morning, I noticed that the roads are being patched and patched and patched. By my estimation up to 20% of Marble Mountain Road is being re-filled. That tells you how many potholes there are in the road.
Unless I'm told differently, I believe that the last time a new road surface was laid down was in the 70's or 80's. That road is long overdue for repaving. Over the course of 5 years, there is as much surfacing material laid down as it would take to resurface it new. To be generous, I'll double that to 10 years. Why can't we simply have a new road laid down every 10 years? Think of all the money we would save on repairs and wear & tear on our cars. That's a lot of disposable income that would be freed to pour back into our economy for things that bring us pleasure and for things that we need besides car repairs.
Wouldn't that be a nice boost to the local economy?