Show WORN VORN OUT PAVEMENTS AND THE TAXPAYER LR one of the most vital situations confronting highway commissioners boards of supervisors selectmen highway engineers and last but nl n ot least the public as they finally pay thel the costs Is that of reconstructing the tailing failing roads and highways built a lew few years yoa s ago either of design insufficient to carry the increased traffic or ol of paving materials that lacked in durability the vital quei quotation stion is how shall these highways be reconstructed into wider durable pavements at a reason able cost and without serious interruption ot of traffic during reconstruction A method that has been used in var lous parts ol of tho the pacific coast with great success Is to widen existing pavo pave ments by th the addition 0 of concrete shoulders and resurfacing the entire width with asphalt concrete this type ot of reconstruction has many advantages thel first ot of which is the very reasonable cost the old pavement Is utilized as a base that la Is I 1 the initial investment Is to a largo ex cx ecat conserved Asphalt lc concrete makes make s an excellent wearing course far nay any pavement and eliminate tho the danger ot of lailure duo due to soft wet sub grades the shock absorbing qualities ot of as phallic concrete tend to minimize the force ot of impact thus protecting tho the base from these destructive qualities long interruptions ot of traffic are serious matters especially on main trunk highways and necessitate the providing ot of aar ha itic con cn crete crele pavements can be opened to trat tic fie as soon as cool and it la Is not necessary to detour traffic tor for more than a few hundred teet feet around the actual scene ot of paving operations |