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Broke Counties Turn Failing Roads To Gravel

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-civilization-collapse-initiative dept.

To save money, more than 20 Michigan counties have decided to turn deteriorating paved roads back to gravel. Montcalm County estimates that repaving a road costs more than $100,000 a mile. Grinding the same mile of road up and turning it into gravel costs $10,000. At least 50 miles of road have been reverted to gravel in Michigan the past three years. I can't wait until we revert back to whale oil lighting and can finally be rid of this electricity fad.

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  1. Re:financially sound by jandrese · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Guys, you don't have the feed the troll anymore. One snarky post is enough.

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