I just got back from a trip on the Blackwater Road out of Prince George. The trip was about 125KMs. The road is gravel. What a delight to drive that road! Most of it is at least twice as wide as the 108 and Bells Lk rds. In my total trip I guess, conservatively, that I did not hit more then 10 metres of washboard. 10 meters as in approximately 30+ feet. And not only that, the approach's to cattle guards was seamless.
Now the question I have is this: If they can construct and maintain a gravel road like that, WHY CAN'T THEY DO THE SAME DOWN HERE. I have some ideas as to why not, but, I will keep them to myself. If you have been following this blog then you probably can guess.
It's a real shame to see our tax money spent this way.
Slow down when driving around the Horsefly area, you my be able to prolong the life of your vehicles.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
108 Rd South
Last week I took the 108 Rd South to Lac La Hache. The road I am speaking about is accessed off of the 2300 Rd south of Macintosh Lakes. I was told that it had some work done on it. My source told me that they were rebuilding it and were using the same stuff as was used on the 108 Rd North, SAND. The main difference in this case is that it is an active logging area so the big logging trucks are using it and they are not happy. Go figure.
It was not the Horsefly IRL crew but another IRL crew. It appears the same company the same modus operendi! To put it simply, if you do not have a 4 wheel drive vehicle, do not use this road. It is an absolute disaster.
It is getting increasingly more difficult figuring out what this company is trying to do. If this is there idea of road rebuilding or even maintenance, then I suggest that the life span of the road is going to be very short. In other words, I suspect that the road will have to be closed. It will be impassible.
An other disturbing thing about this is when IRL passes the buck to another company ie losses the contract, the new company will have a massive clean up to do.
Is this gross incompetence?
Interesting.
It was not the Horsefly IRL crew but another IRL crew. It appears the same company the same modus operendi! To put it simply, if you do not have a 4 wheel drive vehicle, do not use this road. It is an absolute disaster.
It is getting increasingly more difficult figuring out what this company is trying to do. If this is there idea of road rebuilding or even maintenance, then I suggest that the life span of the road is going to be very short. In other words, I suspect that the road will have to be closed. It will be impassible.
An other disturbing thing about this is when IRL passes the buck to another company ie losses the contract, the new company will have a massive clean up to do.
Is this gross incompetence?
Interesting.
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