Long Term Roadwork I-20 Louisiana 2025 - 2026 (9 miles)

And so winter ends and construction season begins.

 

Unless they're going to be digging up and replacing old pipes under the roadbed, or rebuilding bridges, there's no reason it should take them over a year to do just 9 miles' worth of recycling, roadbed stabilization, and paving.

 

Remember when AZ did the five miles East bound and West bound on I-40 at the NM /AZ border ??? That went on for almost three years , but the did dig up the culverts and such . That was about 7 years or so ago.

 

I suppose the expression no pain no gain fits here. But in general we always see construction but rarely long stretch of smooth road.

Is that inevitable or the industry has figured out how to game the system? Why can't we have more durable roads?

Reminds of about 30 years ago when the CT casinos were waiting on state of CT for highway projects. At one point the casinos said enough, we are taking over.

They got the work done faster for less cost and better results.

 

You can spend 30% more than minimum & get 50-75% more life but it requires money now. Govts make short-term decisions

 

Never understood lenthy road construction other than its job security for them. When it takes 5yrs to do what could be done in 5 months. It just passes me off. I've seen construction projects in H-town that took so long. That by the time they were done. That extra lane or etc, didn't solve anything. Because tons more ppl moved to the area before they got it done.

I've seen a stretch of 20 in bama( Oxford back east to ga line).be declared a construction zone for at least half of my trucking career. I've seen construction workers moving so slow and nonchalantly during the I-10 bridge construction after Katrina. Till I refused to go to N.O. and quit because of it. Im not trying to be political. But I wish DOGE would stop federal funding to these road projects. If It cant be completed in a reasonable time!!! In other countries construction is done overnight or maybe 1 month.

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Saw a documentary maybe 2 yrs ago about I-69. That interstate has been the only interstate to be under construction that long and still not be finished. I would imagine if U.S. construction companies were involved. The Great Wall of China or other big projects around the world. Would still be under construction after all this time!!!

 

Projects should be 24/7.

Bonus for early completion.

Fines if not completed on schedule.