[Coco] Re: OT -- Texas and highway laws in general

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 30 January 2006 09:24, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
>Well, I can't cite the chapter and verse at the moment, but it should
> be noted that U.S. FEDERAL LAW prohibits highway/paving contractors
> from warranting their work!  We could have good roads.  It would
> however cost more up front and much less down the road.  Big business
> needs their job security.
>
I believe thats applicable only to hiway projects that involve federal 
money, which 99.99% of them do.  But there isn't anything to prevent a 
contractor from offering a warranty on his work on your driveway AFAIK.
But it would be sensible to him to offer it only where he does all the 
site prep work and knows whats under it.  You obviously don't pave over 
a swamp without raising the grade with lots of rock base to stiffen it 
up.

Its been estimated that to require such on federally funded projects 
would add at most 15% to the cost, based on similar work done on the 
autobahns in germany, where a 5 year warranty, fixing potholes back to 
state specs many times tighter than ours, is part of any repair/upgrade 
contract let.  And germany has world famous fine roads.

So it CAN be done, but one must protect the Davis-Bacon pork at all 
costs.

>Bruce W.
>
>Seen on a bumper sticker; "I Love My Country, It's the Government I'm
> afraid of..
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <farna at att.net>
>
>> You have a valid point Richard, because most of our interstates are
>
>asphalt.
>
>> --
>> Frank Swygert
>>
>>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> Message: 1
>> From: Richard Ivey <rrivey at yahoo.com>
>>
>> The heavy trucks keep that right line pretty chewed up.

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