Road Work

Our road typically gets a resurfacing every ten years or so.  They pour a viscous oil all-over and then top it with gravel.  A sweeper collects the excess gravel and as everyone drives on it the material is gradually pressed into the surface.  It's messy for a spell but makes decent surface.

We're getting a new road.

Not exactly correct as the county is making the new road out of the old road.  They're using a machine that crawls exceedingly slowly down the road that grinds-up the old road surface and then lays-down the crumbled remains behind it.

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The substrate is not exactly soft but it certainly isn't vehicle-worthy.  At least just yet.

It will be interesting to see what the do with it to make a hard surface.