There was some big excitement happening on Precita Avenue this morning, as I awoke to the thrilling spectacle of an asphalt scraper-flume thingy doing its asphalt-launching trick right outside my home.
At long last and after many months, it seems the Precita sewer replacement and repaving project is finally nearing completion.
The asphalt scraper-flume thingy is a real monster. Properly speaking, it’s called an asphalt milling machine. It’s a giant beast on tank-like tracks that looks as if it should be operated by Jawas, and it makes a throaty roaring sound that says “Your Tax Dollars at Work!”
All motorists, cyclists, and skateboarders who regularly traverse the Precitaville Administrative Region are excited for our namesake roadway receive its final layer of fresh asphalt. Smooth at last! Smooth at last! Yay, infrastructure!
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Saw the tracked beast heading up Alabama near the top a little after 9. Intimidating.
Wow! Beautiful photo of the “asphalt scraper-flume thingy.”
Does this mean that Bernal’s infrastructure will no longer be under attack? Sweet!
Word has it that the top coating that they will be using will be gold. Ausome.
I have two young associates who will be very disappointed not to have seen this maquina in person.
Same here. The Cub Reporter is *still* talking about how awesome it was when the excavator tore up the street right outside.
Am I crazy or have the City’s most recent repaving projects been finished more roughly than the streets we’re used to?
I think the technical term for that monster is “the road eater”
It looked like they got down to the old cobblestone paving at the top of Shotwell.
That thing gets around. I think it chewed up the 600 block of Peralta while I was at work yesterday. Today is fresh asphalt and steamroller day.