[The Gazette]

Sumter Landing district weighs first full resurfacing of the Eisenhower lot since 2013, plus year-end amenity finances.

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[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I don't understand why roads and lots around here need to be resurfaced or repaved so often, and cost so much to do.

Up north - we have snow plows scraping the roads in the winter, salt put down before any expected ice storms, plus all the usual trucks, buses, and other normal traffic - and some of our roads remain intact for 20 years or more and just need occasional re-striping.

What is it about Florida roads that makes them so delicate?

[thelegges]

Heat destroys top layers is Asphalt. Driving 1-75 or turnpike for 15 years, you can feel Difference in the road from 1 trip to the next.
Northern freezing causes flux then water entering direct cause.....pot holes.

[village dreamer]

the builders put in the cheapest materials , just enough to get a few years out of it . then the people have to pay ...again. and you know they get a buck out of it some how?

[Haggar]

Originally Posted by The Gazette

Sumter Landing district weighs first full resurfacing of the Eisenhower lot since 2013, plus year-end amenity finances.

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I'm the treasurer of an HOA in Palm Beach County. Our HOA has 77 homes mostly on a large circle. To repave/resurface the roads we will pay $25,000 - this happens about every 8 years. Don't know the total footage to be able to give you a reference.

To mill the roads which will be needed in another 10 years we have estimates - at today's prices - of $120,000 to $160,000.

Our traffic is mostly cars.

So the question is what exactly are they doing - and how big is the area they are doing?

Are they repaving or milling and paving?.

[Howdy]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I don't understand why roads and lots around here need to be resurfaced or repaved so often, and cost so much to do.

Up north - we have snow plows scraping the roads in the winter, salt put down before any expected ice storms, plus all the usual trucks, buses, and other normal traffic - and some of our roads remain intact for 20 years or more and just need occasional re-striping.

What is it about Florida roads that makes them so delicate?

The paving company?

They have connections way back, way, way, back. Get the picture. 1 + 1 = __.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

the builders put in the cheapest materials , just enough to get a few years out of it . then the people have to pay ...again. and you know they get a buck out of it some how?

Remember what happened in Brownwood. Skimped by not using pressure treated lumber.