MONTGOMERY COUNTY TRIES NIGHT RESURFACING

THREE HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S SILVER SPRING, BETHESDA, AND ROCKVILLE SECTIONS NEEDED RESURFACING LAST YEAR. ALL THREE HAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES LOCATED NEARBY THAT HAD PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC LOADS MORNING AND EVENING FAR IN EXCESS OF NORMAL. IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE DISRUPTION OF OFFICE WORKER TRAFFIC DURING THE DAY, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DECIDED TO HAVE THE RESURFACING DONE AT NIGHT. CONTRACT PROVISIONS WERE PREPARED AND CALLED FOR PAVING BETWEEN 7:00 P.M. AND 7:00 A.M. WITH ALL EQUIPMENT OFF THE STREET AND BARRICADES DOWN BY THAT TIME. CONTEE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY WAS THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER TO RESURFACE THREE WIDELY SEPARATED STREETS WITH A TOTAL OF 9,000 TONS OF SMOOTH SEAL PLACED 1-INCH THICK. RELYING ON THEIR NIGHT PAVING EXPERIENCE ON THE CAPITAL BELTWAY AND I-70, CONTEE BROUGHT THE NIGHT RESURFACING OFF WITHOUT A COMPLAINT. COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE PLEASED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT DISRUPT WORKER TRAFFIC ONE BIT, THAT THEY GOT A GOOD JOB, AND THAT COMMENTS WERE LAUDATORY RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY.

• Publication Date: 1974-4

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 3
• Serial:
  • Maryland Asphalt Paver
  • Publisher: Maryland Asphalt Association, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracts; Highway maintenance; Night; Pavers; Paving; Resurfacing; Traffic
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219180
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 16 1974 12:00AM