HPP Biz

[caveat emptor]

Looks like the chip seal is going forward on 32 & 33 off of Makuu just as I reported a few pages back after what the GM said in his report at last weeks BOD meeting. I wonder how this rain affected things? It looked like they had graded both 1/2 mile dead ends and the emulation spreader thingy that has been parked at the HPPOA shop was moved in place.
We know that they need a licensed contractor and they don't have one... we know that they need permits from the County, State and Feds... and they don't have any... and we know that this process is not what they are calling road maintenance. No matter what THEY call it.
Originally the GM and the VP said that the owner of the chip seal business would train the GM and our road crew to lay the chip seal and then our road crew would take over to save on costs but, I'm 99% sure that did not, will not and cannot happen. Where did the GM and road crew all of a sudden get the experience to lay chip deal right the first time or are they actually using these 2 dead ends as practice? Come to think of it, the GM did say once or twice, that if this "test patch" doesn't work out, it is easier to rip this batch up instead of a mile long stretch of road.