This Kinda Says It All

[Sarris]

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Welcome To Floriduh :whistle: :redflip: :jo:

[Magnar Infectus]

Looks like I-95 in Palm Beach County for the past.... 10 fraking years!

[Charlie Foxtrot]

It kills me when the sign says "road work ahead" and its been nothing but orange barrels for 6 miles for the last damn 5 years. No workers, no equipment, just those damn barrels.

[burkbuilds]

You just lack an appreciation for how hard those orange barrels are actually working out there, day in, day out, rain, shine, hot, cold, they have amazing endurance! Let's see anyone else stay out there 24/7 for 5 years without complaining like those barrels!

[Water Warrior 2]

Ever since the 2010 Olympics were announced the road to Whistler from Vancouver has been a construction zone. It should be all finished by late summer from what I hear unofficially. Mostly finished now and what a difference compared to the old road surface and 1 lane in each direction. We still have about 3,000,000 orange cone, barrels and added obstacles to drive through but what a drive. Even a far better ride though. Posted speed is 50 MPH in finished sections. I have enjoyed this at 70/75 in nice long sweeping curves on the Vstrom. The really fast sport bike crowd will double my maximum speed in a heartbeat.
I can recall the frustration but the wait is worth it. Hang in there if the cones are up and blocking traffic flow.

[diffluere]

I've determined all of the roads in florida are just "cone storage areas". The government had too many cones and barrels made, and they don't feel like building a warehouse big enough to store them in, so they just leave them all over our state to piss people off. I-4 has been "under construction" my entire life with no visible results!

[bonehead]

Went to Disney in 05, is the turnpike finished yet?

[burkbuilds]

Forget mutual funds, we should have been investing in the company that makes all those orange cones!

[diffluere]

The turnpike is still under construction from the Clermont exit about halfway through Orlando, and then again from Orlando south a few miles.

I hate driving here!

[bonehead]

The turnpike is still under construction from the Clermont exit about halfway through Orlando, and then again from Orlando south a few miles.

I hate driving here!
Ya, I was hauling my 28ft travel trailer through that mess. It will be a long time before that happens again. :shocked:

[dannylightning]

i kind of think its like that every where but 5 years sounds a little excessive. here they start like 20 road projects at once and it usually takes at least a year of not 2 or 3 to get them done. dont you think they would just focus on one thing at a time and blow it out. than move on to the next

[Water Warrior 2]

i kind of think its like that every where but 5 years sounds a little excessive. here they start like 20 road projects at once and it usually takes at least a year of not 2 or 3 to get them done. dont you think they would just focus on one thing at a time and blow it out. than move on to the next


It's likely all about funding. Start a bunch of projects and keep getting funding every year to finish the job. Politics have a lot to do with it. Keep the projects going and get re-elected to finish the job.

[diffluere]

It probably also helps keep the construction guys employed. If you were just working on one thing, you might only need like 20 guys. If you have 10 projects though, you might have like 200 guys working and everyone is happy.

They've ripped up Main Street here in Gainesville, in the middle of the school semester...football season! Why have one of the main roads in town ripped up during the busiest time of the year? No idea. I'm sure all of the local businesses there are suffering though.

[Water Warrior 2]

It probably also helps keep the construction guys employed. If you were just working on one thing, you might only need like 20 guys. If you have 10 projects though, you might have like 200 guys working and everyone is happy.

They've ripped up Main Street here in Gainesville, in the middle of the school semester...football season! Why have one of the main roads in town ripped up during the busiest time of the year? No idea. I'm sure all of the local businesses there are suffering though.


Sounds like the Canadian Prairies. Summer is the only time they can do any road work. Of course it doesn't help when some cities have a fiscal year starting in June and there is money to spend for repairs etc. And by December there is no cash for snow removal on the streets.