Government Intelligence
What I got here is a prime example of great government intelligence. What I am about to say is unbelievable in the best of times but given that this is a stretch of road that is maintained by the Commonwealth of Kentucky it becomes even more appalling. The fine commonwealth has recently been discussing just how budget shortfalls are going to met, debating cuts to services, increases in fees (another way of saying tax in a very thinly disguised wording), and even looking at the possibility of a looming special session to figure it out. Granted there has been some trickle of money starting to come in from the federal aid packages and maybe that explains the following:
Lexington Road heading out of Danville almost due east is state route 34. It is, perhaps a bit misnamed, as while you go that way to get to Lexington, you spend much more time on highway 27 heading mostly north to actually arrive in Lexington. That is not really that important, other then before you get to Lexington, you pass around (or through if you prefer) Nicholasville. About four or five weeks ago I heading to one the sites that I maintain computers for in Nicholasville. As I headed out of Danville, but still in the city limits I was delayed and caught in traffic for sometime.
They were in the process of repainting the marking lines on the road surface. Struck me as a bit odd, as the road markings had only been put in the last couple of years through that area when they changed the traffic flow from two lanes each direction t only one with a huge turning lane. However, if they felt a need then I suppose that justified the four or five trucks involved, several drivers and other work crew members.
Imagine my surprise this past week, when as I passed through that way again, route 34 had clearly been worked for repaving fairly soon. This work included removal of center lane reflectors in places and in rough patches and a few stretched the grinding up and removal of so much excess road covering surface. Of the stretches that was most oddly done included where I know for certain road lines had been repainted just a few weeks before. Obviously someone was not communicating I am thinking for why else paint and then chew it up?
The same day at a later hour imagine my real surprise when on the chewed up pavement new road lines had been painted a second time? I do not know how long the road will remain in its grooved state prior to pavement is reapplied, but would not the logical thing have been to repave the following day/night from hence the grinding/removal took place without really at all justifying (purely safety) the need to paint fresh lines.
Give it some though though. When and if they get to repaving the road area, they will, you guessed it paint on a third set of lines. I expect repaving to occur very soon, but can not begin to guess when it will occur. Regardless once resurfaced, lines will have to painted on a third time in such the short window of perhaps as little as four weeks. Do we not have better things on which to spend tax dollars? Even more so given the current economic situation state and local municipalities are facing.
June 5th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
i need a job with the road crew painting lines ..i would have plenty of work sounds like