Sudbury roads are a mess, not just with potholes, but there are many manhole covers that are not much different than a pothole.
A man from the Sudbury road department was on the radio the other morning, and when the question came up asking if he thought the roads were worse this year, he did not think so, yet calls were up by 125 calls over last January.
I sent a letter to our councillor asking if anyone on council ever questions the way our roads are resurfaced. No response back. I was questioning when they shave the top surface of the road and then apply asphalt back on top of the layer of asphalt that is there, are they not creating a seam that water can get into?
The reason of my questioning this, is that if you look into most of the potholes, you see the bottom layer of asphalt, and water has gotten in and lifted the top half of the asphalt. Then there is the quality of the work that’s been done. There is something wrong there, as well.
The city keeps telling us it’s our weather to blame, and, yes, weather does have an impact of the roads, but I’ll give a good example of what I’m talking about: When they put the four lanes from Sudbury to Azilda, the Azilda end was starting to split in places the same year, at the same time the province was resurfacing the 144 bypass from Chelmsford to Highway 17.
That road sees the same weather as all the other roads in the city, yet it’s as good as the day it was done, while the four lanes into Sudbury from Azilda are a total mess. Drive over them, you’ll see what I’m talking about. It’s about time the taxpayers started putting some tough questions to our council regarding this matter, because as it goes right now, we are just throwing money out the window and fighting a losing battle.
Bob Joyes
Chelmsford