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78 °F Forecast | Road Cams Friday, August 20, 2004 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Prime Times Wellness Connection Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Rogue Valley's Finest EXTRA Newspaper in Education Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People MARKETPLACE Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Classifieds Place an ad eSouthernOregon Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar CUSTOMER SERVICE Frequent Questions Advertising Information Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Network Affiliate Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend August 4, 2004 Since You Asked Road’s bumps aren’t meant for forever Presently there is a utility entity doing work along Table Rock Road. Their work involves cutting and removing a strip of asphalt from one side of the road to the other, completing their task, then patching the asphalt. Their patches are terrible and driving across them is similar to driving over speed bumps. When work like this is done why aren’t they made to repair the pavement back to original quality? — Jim H., White City Jim, we’re going to try to patch together an answer for you, thanks to the help of Medford Public Works Director Cory Crebbin. The lumpy, bumpy patches that create the speed-bump effect are usually temporary patch jobs. Meant only to keep traffic flowing while a project is waiting to take the next step, those patches don’t have to meet the permanent patch criteria, Crebbin says. Once the temporary patches are completed, often a new layer of asphalt goes over the entire street. At that point, the resulting roadway should be smooth. However, when a job is completed and there are still patches that ride above or below the level of the road, that is another matter. Usually, says Crebbin, the permanent patches tend to sink if there is a problem. Either way, poor permanent patches draw the ire of the public works department because they do not meet the city’s criteria for proper patching. "If a trench doesn’t meet our (specifications), we call (the contractors) and have them go out and redo the job," says Crebbin. "Some we have to call again and again. But we keep calling." Send questions to "Since You Asked," Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by e-mail to [email protected] . Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright © 1997-2004 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions Website Feedback ADVERTISERS A D V E R T I S E R S SPECIAL SECTIONS Auto Finder Job Finder Home Finder Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Tempo Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Moving to Southern Oregon? Volunteer Opportunities