Archive for January 12th, 2009
January 12th, 2009
More from Joelle McGinnis:
“Three crews total (two from Plote and one from RockRoad) worked all day Sunday milling and patching and began again this morning to complete the work on the right lane segment of I-90 between Hampshire and Belvidere. The repair process included removal of the top layer of asphalt, clearing away debris, laying down a new layer of asphalt and rolling/sealing the ‘patches.’ Again material used came directly from a hot asphalt plant and is very different from the cold patch material regularly used by roadway crews to fill potholes. And the ‘patches’ are at minimum 25 feet in length, some much longer in length.”
January 12th, 2009
I was driving home from the Chicago suburbs Saturday and I-90 had so many potholes I thought I was on a Rockford city street. At least four cars were on the side of the road with flat tires, which I’m pretty sure were caused by potholes. I know I hit a couple craters very hard (it was dark, hard to miss them) and thought I’d be stuck somewhere far from home.
It wasn’t too bad on the way to Chicago, but the trip home was terrible
Most folks stayed in the left lane which had fewer problems. One car that passed me on the right was on the shoulder three miles later.
So anyone else notice how poor the tollway’s been recently? Anyone have something worse than a flat tire because of a pothole?
January 12th, 2009
In my Sunday column, a paragraph was garbled just before it jumped to another page. Here’s how the paragraph should have read:
A couple of people I talked to said it’s because of people like me who aren’t “real Republicans” that a caucus is a better system. They don’t want independents or Democrats who “cross over” to decide who will have the R on the ballot in the general election. I think that puts party politics ahead of my right to choose who’s going to represent me.
