A handy video for the city’s public works department

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Apparently they have trouble figuring out cubic yards. They came by today and this is how they filled the hole in front of my house.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEm2AN1BHYc[/youtube]

Posted in: Public Utilities, Public Works, Sioux Falls

8 Thoughts on “A handy video for the city’s public works department”

  1. Testor15 on June 11, 2013 at 7:50 am said:

    They must be doing this for publicity.

  2. l3wis on June 11, 2013 at 10:00 am said:

    Or as a ‘lunch break’ hobby.

  3. rufusx on June 11, 2013 at 2:40 pm said:

    Probably just using left-overs. Frugality – and you gripe.

  4. Detroit Lewis on June 11, 2013 at 2:59 pm said:

    Kinda figured that Ruf, so are ‘leftovers’ not measurable? I suppose the city would have to hire a cubic yard specialist to measure the leftovers, so that would cost us more.

  5. l3wis on June 12, 2013 at 10:11 am said:

    BTW, the hole is finally filled, wondering how many days it will take them to pickup the baricades.

  6. Craig on June 12, 2013 at 10:23 am said:

    Just be happy you live in Sioux Falls. I’ve lived in small towns where a hole like that would be filled with gravel for at least a year.

    Eventually they would dump a bit of hot mix into it when they were repaving a few streets across town, and then they would drive over it with the dump truck a few times to pack it down (steamrollers and compactors are far too expensive). The end result would be a rough patch that feels like you are driving over railroad tracks every time you pass over it.

    In comparison, a flat, neat patch is pretty slick. In a few years after they chip-seal that road you’d never know it was even there.

  7. l3wis on June 12, 2013 at 11:07 am said:

    Would agree, it looks great. It only took 4 months and 1 week to Git R’ Down.

  8. l3wis on June 12, 2013 at 11:08 am said:

    ‘Done’

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