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In reply to the discussion: TX to replace asphalt roads with GRAVEL. [View all]1monster
(11,012 posts)After twenty years of reneging on their promises to pave the roads in our development, the county agreed to pave our roads if we, the land owners on each road paid for it, over an above our regular property taxes. They got very few takers.
Then one day, the county got an offer from a cold processing pavement company to pave the whole development's road for $300,000. It was a kind of loss leader for the company. If the county was satisfied with the job, the county would give the company more business.
The process worked great. After about five years, the roads got another top coat of cold process pavement and have not needed anything in maintenance since.
Prior to the pavement, the roads needed grading at least once a month and after serious rain storms or they became serious hazzards. That was a constant expense in equipment and man power.
Done right, paving is very cost effective.