PreuBite t1_iza027l wrote on December 7, 2022 at 4:04 PM

The company that paints roadways lost their contract with CTDOT last year. CTDOT hired a new contractor who midway through the summer turns out they couldn’t handle the workload. This caused CTDOT to need to rehire the original company and for them to do twice their workload in half the work time including all the municipalities they work for. After December 1st and on highways where painting needs to be done immediately they generally paint with water based paint and not epoxy as it is quicker to paint with and doesn’t require a certain temperature to be applied. All this water based paint and the recent cold temperatures caused a weak bond which is why some of it washes away with the rain.

Eggsor t1_izaasjy wrote on December 7, 2022 at 5:16 PM

Personally I appreciate the super detailed description of why the paint is vulnerable to wash away in the rain, but I think OP is talking about how its hard to see the paint when it rains.

rubyslippers3x t1_izcd2bq wrote on December 8, 2022 at 1:44 AM

Ugh. We are all at risk because some paper- pusher tried to cut a few $$, and then ended up spending more?? Hope that ass-hat loses their job. We've had way too many night time head on collisions recently. This paint debacle could be one of the reasons.

PreuBite t1_izcevt5 wrote on December 8, 2022 at 1:58 AM

Um no… this is in the contractor entirely. Also highly Doubtful there is a correlation between paint and head on collisions. The majority of head on collisions are caused by impaired driving, which is a consequence of personal choices not roadway design.