I was told once it’s because cities project the job to take say 5 weeks, so they rip it up the first week, leave it for 3 weeks, then repave the last week. And they do this so everyone gets a paycheck for the full 5 weeks. Surely there has to be a different reason?
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Like others have said, it’s mainly timing between two separate crews of people. There usually isn’t a mechanical reason they can’t get right on the road and repave it after milling it off. Only time there IS a reason that I can think of is when they are mixing cement powder into the ground under the road – that needs time to set and solidify before paving on it.
That being said, in my city we require the road to be fully paved within 2 weeks after its been ripped up. Every day after those two weeks that it isn’t paved incurs a fine on the contractor.
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