02-21-2015, 06:09 AM
It takes so long because they can only work a few hours per day. They don't really start work until about 9am and finish by 3pm, and there is probably an hour long union lunch in the middle, so what, 5 hours per day? Plus it takes a long time to "ramp up" that kind of work in the morning and after lunch so 3-4 hours of actual road work gets done? Anywhere else they would work on the road at night and weekends when there isn't any traffic and get it done in 1/4 the time and half the cost.