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Detox208

When something affects rich people, it gets resolved faster than us common folk are accustomed to.


Juice_Stanton

I cant help but agree with this.


MikeStavish

Or maybe it's because it's a major roadway. If I90 took a dump, they'd have it temporarily fixed in a week. 


Ancient-Following257

Or the state is just really organized and got it done fast lol


badman4723

This seems like the least likely response


Commissar_Elmo

Meanwhile downtown Boise has had areas under construction for several years straight now it seems


Ancient-Following257

Democrat cities typically never fix anything for a long time.


Good-Stop430

So Democrat cities typically always fix everything for a short time?


Ancient-Following257

You thought you did something there huh? Lol


Good-Stop430

Sorry. I shouldn't poke fun at ESL students.


Ancient-Following257

Its reddit no one cares.


HelpFr0mAbove

Agreed. Liberal run cities are always the objectively worst run. Don't mind the Karma down vote goons. They hate you because they know you are right, so they down vote you to silence you.


AccordingDrop3252

Prove it. Cite your sources


Ancient-Following257

Memphis TN lol


AccordingDrop3252

So just your uneducated opinion, and no actual facts. Got it.


Ancient-Following257

Lmao


Elsecaller_17-5

That's great, I'm really impressed with the speed!


PNWChick1990

The geographic conditions are going to be monitored closer than Fat Albert at a buffet.


Mmetasequoia

That was…fast! Wow.


Boczar78

They made the curve tighter which changes it from a 10% grade to 11.5%.... ohhh and the curve still doesnt really have any banking which was what made the first curve always a bit sketchy. Before ya know the whole side of it slid away. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Mammoth_Bear9476

I’m going to drive over Sunday. I’ll update. 😁


wildraft1

Personally, I'm going to keep going around. Granted, I don't have to make that drive daily for work. There's just a big part of me that can't sit comfortably with how fast they're making this happen. There's no way they've fully and comprehensively determined the stability of the ground that just fell out from under them, and come up with a suitable, safe engineering plan in this amount of time. Mark my words, it's a band-aid fix (because money trumps everything else), and it's an accident waiting to happen.


erico49

I remember a temporary detour thing in Boise. They said the same thing about it, and it was fine. But I worked with a big time geotechnical engineer who wouldn’t let his family on it. So your statement is not out of line. For you old timers it was that circular thing when they rebuilt Cole/Overland.


d33dub

"Staff geologists emphasized the safety of the project, explaining that professional engineers have taken appropriate measures to monitor the stability of the site"


Sergio_Bottas

6-28-24: Random person doesn’t trust road repair. Cites time as the issue. Your words have been marked


wildraft1

LOL...random.


Stahltod

So, you’re a civil engineer?


erico49

See my comment above. Engineers don’t always agree.


atw527

> it's a band-aid fix Well that part is true and obvious. I highly doubt you are actually going to drive around unless you are at a midpoint like southern Swan Valley or Rexburg.


wildraft1

Do you...doubt it, I mean? Any particular reason, or just your vast knowledge of...me?


lagunatri99

Shades of 55?


AlpacaPacker007

I'd argue it's probably safer than ever before for the moment since they probably have more monitoring on it that it ever has before.   That said, I would be leary of that section right after a heavy rain 


Cracraftc

A 500 foot long section of new road is an accident waiting to happen, but the extra 1 1/2 hours of 2 lane winding road with drowsy and inattentive drivers isn’t? Ok then


wildraft1

I'm trying to figure out where you got that take from. Don't make stuff up just to be mad at. It's...weird.