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We don’t know how much road construction your area being subjected to, we’re up to our necks orange barrels portable cement barriers. Apparently the government stimulus funds have converged onto our highways boulevards one summer, report The New York Times shows that one key element could throw wrench the plans to overhaul our nation’s infrastructure. It’s not concrete or even heavy machinery. We′re talking about the paint used to stripe the roads.
Yellow lines, white lines dashes both colors could tough to come due to sudden shortage chemical compound called methyl methacrylate. The Associated General Contractors America reportedly told federal transportation officials last week that the sudden scarcity the paint has “very significant ramifications completion highway projects this summer.”
Dow Construction Chemical reportedly running into production problems this year other chemical companies have cut back making the striping paint due to the slow economy. Some states, including Texas, Washington Ohio may be perilously running out the paint just as the construction season starts to heat up, which could make already annoying traffic delays last even longer.
Among short-term solutions being noodled are using more raised reflective buttons place stripes and only painting center lines and not shoulder lines. Either way, this won’t make construction season any easier.
[Source: The New York Times via Transport Gooru]
Road construction threatened national shortage of traffic paint? originally appeared Autoblog Thu, 27 May 2010 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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