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Hot Mix Turns Into Hot Mess
posted (October 12, 2016)

It’s been four months since the Lake Independence Boulevard, the street that connects the George Price Highway to Chetumal Street in Belize City, was paved over with hot mix. Since then, the boulevard has seen heavy usage from cars, trucks and buses, and it’s not holding up well. For the past week or so, we’ve noted a couple spots where the road seemed to be breaking apart, one area developed a hump on the side of the road, and another area in the middle actually cracked open.  It’s a brand new road, and the rule of thumb is that hot mix – if it is well laid - should last for more than five years, or as much as ten years.  So we reached out to Romel Berges, whose company RJB Construction paved the road, for some answers.

According to Berges, an excavation on the road is taking place to identify the exact problem so that proper measures can be take in its repair. We’ll have an update on the state of the road for you tomorrow.

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