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LayerCakeX t1_ix7rzqu wrote

This is representative of the overall workmanship and attitude towards finishing a job in Philly. I love this city but of all the major cities I’ve lived (3), it’s the only one that simply could care less about finishing a job and improving/restoring a neighborhood.

There is an overall attitude across the city that simply showing up at work earns the paycheck. Doing your job would be deemed “above and beyond”. Until there is more accountability in public works, amongst other things, it’s hard to envision the city taking a big step forward.

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a-german-muffin t1_ix85abm wrote

Nah, this is representative of three different contractors working on one project and having frigid weather hit early. When it warms into the 50s later this week, they can actually put down the asphalt on top of that concrete; otherwise, best they can do is some shitty cold patch that'll get obliterated three weeks into freeze/thaw season.

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H00die5zn t1_ix8bkn4 wrote

I’d say you are partly correct, however, there were almost 2 straight weeks a bit ago where it was 60+ degrees with no work being done. We all know November/December is coming and temps can dip so when these roads have been dug up for 6 months, this looks like god awful planning

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a-german-muffin t1_ix8fec6 wrote

Eh, little column A, little column B. Coordination could've definitely been better, but this is the same kind of thing that happened a year or two ago in East Falls - and this might've been a longer run of main that had to get replaced, really. Shit's complicated, stuff happens - not to say it isn't aggravating, but the day a major public works project goes exactly to plan is probably the day we finally get pigs airborne.

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