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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Re: Road spray
I called MNDoT with my concerns but haven't heard back yet. |
Gave MNDoT a week to gather their thoughts and called 'em back just now.
They have bought into a "Towards Zero Deaths" paradigm and if centerline rumble strips reduce head-on accidents by "up to 40%
AND SAVE LIVES" then that is what they are "pro-actively, systematically" gonna do, regardless of the downsides of increased road debris/spray kick-up, noise, cost, and pavement degradation.
At least I got those concerns on the radar now; the spray/kick-up thing WAS NEVER A CONSIDERATION. At. All. Before now.
They did pay a bit of lip service to pavement degradation but claim it's inconclusive as to whether water-retaining divots diminish pavement life or not.
Well, time will tell on that one.