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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Has nothing to do with people getting a paycheck.
When I was running municipal resurfacing contracts, this was our standard order of operations:
-concrete guys come in and upgrade ADA ramps and repair all curb/gutter, usually a week or so
-milling contractor comes to mill off the first layer of asphalt (ripped up road), usually 1-5 days
-patch any weak spots in the asphalt, 1-5 days
-paving contractor paves, 1-5 days
-if any striping needs to be done, stripers come in right after asphalt is paved
Sometimes the milling guys can’t come in immediately after concrete, sometimes the paving crew isn’t available for a week or two after milling/patching. There is alot of coordination between multiple contractors, available working times, and property owners/business owners that will stretch out work as well.
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