Meredith Neck Rd. & NH DOT

VitaBene · 09-23-2015, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MAXUM

Does it matter when they are paving over a problem? That road will not last one spring thaw before it's a mess again. The whole thing needs to be ripped up and the road base fixed. Anything shy of that is futile.

Agreed, but until NH and it citizens decide that it is worthy of a multi-billion dollar bond to repair all of the Class 2 (mostly numbered secondary roads such as 25, 25B, 109, etc) they will never get fixed correctly. The state believes it is cheaper/better to pave and shim (which means skim coat and fill the shoulder with gravel) every few years.

Mass does the opposite, once they fix a road it is done right. Unfortunately it takes a long, long time to fix them!

fatlazyless · 10-03-2015, 06:18 AM

Yesterday, Friday, Oct 2, the re-paving job began on the 4-mile long Meredith Neck Rd:

www.nh.gov/dot/

www.pikeindustries.com

www.continentalpaving.com

No Town of Meredith trucks or town employees, or local town police were present when I drove by so it is probably a State of NH project?

MDoug · 10-03-2015, 09:59 AM

glad to see the pavers
if only a temporary fix, anything would be an improvement

rick35 · 10-03-2015, 10:40 AM

They probably had to wait until the season was over before doing the work so as to not cause traffic problems. I have exactly four more times that I will be on the Neck road this year so I will enjoy it before the heaves take over for next year. We're closing up the next two weekends and that will be it until April 23rd (ice out).

10-03-2015, 06:18 AM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,747 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,007 Times in 735 Posts	Yesterday, Friday, Oct 2, the re-paving job began on the 4-mile long Meredith Neck Rd: www.nh.gov/dot/ www.pikeindustries.com www.continentalpaving.com No Town of Meredith trucks or town employees, or local town police were present when I drove by so it is probably a State of NH project? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

10-03-2015, 09:59 AM	#3
MDoug Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 342 Thanks: 116 Thanked 42 Times in 39 Posts	meredith neckpaving glad to see the pavers if only a temporary fix, anything would be an improvement

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10-03-2015, 10:40 AM	#4
rick35 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bear Island/Merrimack Posts: 807 Thanks: 58 Thanked 203 Times in 130 Posts	They probably had to wait until the season was over before doing the work so as to not cause traffic problems. I have exactly four more times that I will be on the Neck road this year so I will enjoy it before the heaves take over for next year. We're closing up the next two weekends and that will be it until April 23rd (ice out).