It never ceases to amaze me when traveling the roads in the Horsefly area. Recent upgrading of the Walters Lake road is a case in point.
Not being an engineer, I can only give my opinion of the materials used in "rebuilding" the road. This will have to be the topic of an other post, probably this spring.
As I understand it, after they had part of the road reconstructed, the crew from Williams Lake came down with some new culverts and proceeded to dig up the new works and put in the culverts. Makes sense! As I stated above I am not an engineer but when I see culverts installed like this, even I know there will be trouble when the spring run off happens. As a matter of fact with the last melt there was evidence that this was going to happen.
If who ever is in charge of decision making is not sure of what should be done when installing culverts, there is a wealth of information on the web. I suggest that someone should look at it. I believe that this information is also available in the Ministry guide lines as well.
One last culvert shot: Has anyone taken a look at the recently "fixed" culvert at Malcome Creek on the 108 Rd? I will have some pictures of these sites in a later post.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Trip
I am a little behind in my posts. This one took place in November 2009.
In November I again had the opportunity to travel the Blackwater Road between Quesnel and Prince George. This trip again amazes me as to the different standards there are in the level of maintenance and construction of roads through out our province.
The roads I have experienced in the Prince George/Quesnel area are all well constructed, wide and with a surface that can be maintained. And, my favourite, cattle guards are done properly. The approach is graded level with the road.
There was snow on the road, not unfamiliar at this time of year. What surprised me more then anything was, and get this, "every logging truck I approached slowed down and moved over. This left much less of a snow cloud (dust) and improved my safety on the road.
A lesson that could be learned down here.
Drive safely
In November I again had the opportunity to travel the Blackwater Road between Quesnel and Prince George. This trip again amazes me as to the different standards there are in the level of maintenance and construction of roads through out our province.
The roads I have experienced in the Prince George/Quesnel area are all well constructed, wide and with a surface that can be maintained. And, my favourite, cattle guards are done properly. The approach is graded level with the road.
There was snow on the road, not unfamiliar at this time of year. What surprised me more then anything was, and get this, "every logging truck I approached slowed down and moved over. This left much less of a snow cloud (dust) and improved my safety on the road.
A lesson that could be learned down here.
Drive safely
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