A few weeks ago the city of Minneapolis began a re-paving project on France Ave. This is when they have a grinder come along and grind up the top few inches of pavement, then come back through and lay new pavement on the top of it.
So they came along with their nifty equipment, ground off the top few inches, leaving the manholes sticking out of the pavement, making the road quite bumpy until the re-paving occurred.
Which still hasn't happened.
What they HAVE been doing is grinding down all of the rest of the roads in the area, too. Our neighborhood is accessible primarily by four city streets: France Ave, Xerxes Ave, 44th Street and 50th. As of today, three of the four are all ground up, waiting for new pavement.
It's been about three weeks and it's getting ugly. I would love to know the reasons why they have not yet paved France Ave, and instead are going around grinding down the rest of the roads in the area. Are they trying to make it difficult to get around? Because they are definitely succeeding at that.
I realize its a pain. But more than likely they can lay asphalt at a much higher rate that they can mill of the old surface. Perhaps they are trying to make the resurfacing as economical as possible. However, it is a gov't project isn't it?
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