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cortolillo87 t1_j22mhdm wrote

Reply to comment by instantcoffee69 in East Pratt road condition? by ZeroBuffalo

The roads are still shit even after they repave them. On top of that they only repave half of the road and all of the markings are coming off within 3 months. This city has no oversight on any contractors working for them.

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instantcoffee69 t1_j22o72y wrote

It's real BS from the city permit office. In other countries in MD and in DC, if you want to build a conduit/gas line/water line, the permit office requires that the contractor needs to include repaving the road curb to curb, curb repair, sidewalk repair/improvements, road striping.

It's a good way for municipalities to get road improvements without having to pay for them out of pocket, it just becomes the cost of construction.

I do not see Baltimore enforcing this anywhere in the city. And if they did, we'd have a nicer place to live in.

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Matt3989 t1_j23uo6s wrote

The city doesn't require the contractor to backfill their trenches with graded aggregate, instead, they fill them with what was removed. The moisture content of that is too high and it will never compact properly, so in a year or two after the resurfacing you'll end up with a rut where the trench was.

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