toolshed said:
BrandoC said:
They need to be worrying about repaving Texas Avenue rather than changing the medians.......
Seriously? Where does it need repaving? It's all relatively newer concrete construction from University to 2818 in front of Walmart. The section from Harvey to the north is about 10 years older than the section south, but I wouldn't say any of it needs to be repaved, even with the cracks and such that showed up after the southern section was completed, between Holleman and Harvey.
There are plenty worse streets in town to repave than Texas Avenue.
From what I was seeing on my commute, it's the medians in the section north of George Bush, which hasn't aged well and is now pretty bumpy with sealants used over the years. Not "random patches of asphalt" bumpy or "potholes everywhere" bumpy but it tends to be groovy (literally).
The main concrete part between 2818 and Walmart was completed less than 10 years ago but in front of Target now and that area there are a number of chunks missing from the slabs installed, so bad that you can see rebar underneath. I know that another bad area closer to Walmart (right before the right hand lane forces you onto 2818) was patched with asphalt, but Texas Avenue is slowly but surely becoming another victim of the "nice concrete road starts falling apart within a decade" problem that hit Graham Road pretty hard (they had to completely re-do the section near Longmire as grass was growing between the concrete, even though it was only done in 2002). It's not all bad, George Bush between 2818 and Wellborn has held up VERY well over the years.
