Official Highway Works Thread

kamakazi · Postby **kamakazi** » August 15th, 2014, 4:42 pm

So that's why they were washing down the highway in that area. It was also the reason why I had this uneasy disconnected feeling driving through it.

sliderz1 · Postby **sliderz1** » August 15th, 2014, 6:11 pm

shotta 20 wrote:
Casper23 wrote:Yuh know when is election time.....when roads paving and things happening

Doh make yourself a fool na. You telling me, that in this 4 yrs of PP rule, you now start to see roads paving and things happening?
You was under house arrest?

he's been under a rock

16 cycles · Postby **16 cycles** » August 15th, 2014, 8:14 pm

Not highway...but paving ongoing EMR heading from cleaver woods to arima....

Props for doing this...it was badly needed

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » August 15th, 2014, 8:21 pm

Entire EMR needs repaving. Redhill to Curepe. Terrible........

S_2NR · Postby **S_2NR** » August 15th, 2014, 9:13 pm

We should be grateful. The EMR still better than the south highway after Freeport.

hustla_ambition101 · Postby **hustla_ambition101** » August 16th, 2014, 5:05 pm

Good thing elections coming up.....

Jonathan · Postby **Jonathan** » August 16th, 2014, 5:29 pm

I wonder if they have plans to repave that disaster on Santa Cruz old road that WASA left behind.... What a flipping mess :/

Kenjo · Postby **Kenjo** » August 16th, 2014, 5:39 pm

^^^ are they finished on that entire stretch in Santa Cruz because that is just atrocious. That entire road needs to be repaved

greggle71 · Postby **greggle71** » August 18th, 2014, 4:58 am

I know they paved La Canoa road in Santa Cruz. Did a good job, that road was horrible for decades

Chemical · Postby **Chemical** » August 19th, 2014, 8:38 am

I cannot comprehend why Coosal's are now repaving the entire highway from UWI to Curepe Junction including the shoulder. It was the left lane needed resurfacing, the rest of the highway was perfect.

stev · Postby **stev** » August 19th, 2014, 8:55 am

heard from a friend that Junior Sammy paving Rivulet road (Couva / Pt. Lisas)....any truth to this?

Rory Phoulorie · Postby **Rory Phoulorie** » August 19th, 2014, 12:34 pm

stev wrote:heard from a friend that Junior Sammy paving Rivulet road (Couva / Pt. Lisas)....any truth to this?

Danny's Enterprises Company Limited.

That whole tendering process was farcical. From the outset, Danny's Enterprises Company Limited was the favoured tenderer based on the specified pavement re-construction method.

Rory Phoulorie · Postby **Rory Phoulorie** » August 19th, 2014, 12:35 pm

Chemical wrote:I cannot comprehend why Coosal's are now repaving the entire highway from UWI to Curepe Junction including the shoulder. It was the left lane needed resurfacing, the rest of the highway was perfect.

Elections coming up. Donations needed for the campaign.

White CZ4A · Postby **White CZ4A** » August 19th, 2014, 12:43 pm

How you expect Benz and rolls Royce to sell Dan?

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » August 19th, 2014, 2:02 pm

Rory Phoulorie wrote:
stev wrote:heard from a friend that Junior Sammy paving Rivulet road (Couva / Pt. Lisas)....any truth to this?

Danny's Enterprises Company Limited.

That whole tendering process was farcical. From the outset, Danny's Enterprises Company Limited was the favoured tenderer based on the specified pavement re-construction method.

Cold in Place Recycling??

Postby **M_2NR** » August 19th, 2014, 5:41 pm

Anyone mentioned about the "new" turn off at Bejucal Rd./Munroe Rd.? Man that was horrendously done. Even the patchwork couldn't seal the imperfect grade below the asphalt it seems. Rory, yuh pass there yet?

BlueIce · Postby **BlueIce** » August 28th, 2014, 2:01 pm

heard on 6am news that road works will be done from next tuesday to facilitate paving from beetham to GB interchange 8:30 am to 4:30pm

Cannot find any solid evidence of this online , anyone heard this on new this morning?

Postby **nervewrecker** » August 28th, 2014, 4:39 pm

I swear I read 8:30pm to 4:00am on yesterday express.

shaneelal · Postby **shaneelal** » August 28th, 2014, 7:41 pm

BlueIce wrote:heard on 6am news that road works will be done from next tuesday to facilitate paving from beetham to GB interchange 8:30 am to 4:30pm

Cannot find any solid evidence of this online , anyone heard this on new this morning?

http://www.mowt.gov.tt/documents/crheas ... anguez.pdf

brams112 · Postby **brams112** » August 28th, 2014, 8:05 pm

sliderz1 wrote:
shotta 20 wrote:
Casper23 wrote:Yuh know when is election time.....when roads paving and things happening

Doh make yourself a fool na. You telling me, that in this 4 yrs of PP rule, you now start to see roads paving and things happening?
You was under house arrest?

he's been under a rock

This guy looks more like his head was stuck in a bamsee. :lol:

.

Postby **nervewrecker** » August 28th, 2014, 8:51 pm

Have to give credit where credit is due.

They fixed quite a bit of roads and some bad spots that were that way years upon years now.

sliderz1 · Postby **sliderz1** » August 28th, 2014, 9:35 pm

^they've done alot in terms of infrastructure.

Road works at the intersection of O'meara and Churchill Roosevelt highway. Highway has been milled and should be repaved soon

They recently finished the intersection at Tumpuna Road, milled and paved.

jhonnieblue · Postby **jhonnieblue** » August 28th, 2014, 10:13 pm

The whole EMR paving?

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » August 28th, 2014, 10:17 pm

Really don't know. I saw from Lopinot and I hear they stopped at Cane Farm

hustla_ambition101 · Postby **hustla_ambition101** » August 28th, 2014, 10:24 pm

sliderz1 wrote:^they've done alot in terms of infrastructure.

Road works at the intersection of O'meara and Churchill Roosevelt highway. Highway has been milled and should be repaved soon

They recently finished the intersection at Tumpuna Road, milled and paved.

Quality is piss poor though, whats the sense of repaving and its worse than the original

wagonrunner · Postby **wagonrunner** » August 28th, 2014, 10:30 pm

watch the finished surfaces in three months. they do a thing by la seiva in maraval and its already collecting water.

src1983 · Postby **src1983** » August 29th, 2014, 1:30 pm

S_2NR wrote:We should be grateful. The EMR still better than the south highway after Freeport.

Yup, any yet men hitting 140 normal, normal

Sumana.00 · Postby **Sumana.00** » September 3rd, 2014, 8:39 pm

hustla_ambition101 · Postby **hustla_ambition101** » September 3rd, 2014, 8:53 pm

Well yes.......

Postby **toyolink** » September 3rd, 2014, 9:11 pm

If their was a global measurement of bitumen used versus total kilos of road in a country, we would probably be number 1.
The amount of 'redos' and 'premature failures' is absolutely ridiculous.
The damned things is, we not sure that the cost of many poor jobs is being borne by tax payer or contractor during warranty period.
If the latter applies, then the question becomes ...How it is the same people continue to win new jobs?
Having had experience with asphalt/black-top compounds, I observe use of compounds where the % of bitumen to aggregate etc. is so disproportionate high that the final surface is dangerously slippery especially when wet (look for a dark polish shine) and remains very elastic (which facilitates surface rolling especially with stop/go traffic burden).
The observation made in the last paragraph in my opinion would account for many fatal accidents where drivers (if they survived), wouldn't have a clue about why their vehicle became uncontrollable.
Roadway paving is very serious business in the developed world and quality testing of black top compounds before application is a standard.This means quality assurance officers taking samples to determine acceptability of materials day or nite (total vigilance).