DEAR News Of The Area,
THE diatribe and deliberation to our road problem in Port Stephens, is down to poor workmanship and a lack of understanding.
In the Scandinavian area of the world, the climate is ten times worse than ours, and yet the roads hold together.
The Romans taught us to build roads, two thousand years ago, and today we can still see their workmanship, and its lasting ability, throughout Europe.
Unfortunately the Romans never made it to Australia, but their standards did and it just needs some application.
Plonking a blob of bitumen into the hole is a very poor and lazy solution to the problem. The base and sub-base is where the solution lies.
The bitumen layer is the running surface and the waterproof membrane, and this should be finished off with an all-weather sealer.
It’s not rocket science, and I’m sure our hard working Council has many contacts in the road building industry, who would be glad to take two of our repair crews at a time, and give them a two day crash course on proper road repair.
If the job’s done properly, the economics will speak for themselves, and the ratepayers will be happy, and the council will be applauded.
Simple isn’t it.
D HEATH.
Corlette.
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