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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. Who needs roads? by prefec2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who needs roads when there is no gasoline to power your car? And don't think the electric car is an alternative, we will be out of copper very soon and there is no real replacement available. In the light of these facts the removal of roads is only consequent.

  2. 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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