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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I would say 3 reasons:
1. Equipment and personnel availability. Not every town has a paver so they might have to pull the road when the people are available and repave when they can.
2. Other contractors. Might need to move poles or put in other work such as gas lines or water mains. Don’t want to pull up a road twice.
3. Weather. We have the paver for this day and it rains or it’s too cold. We have to wait for it to be available again.
Might be others but these are the main ones.
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