into the pink and vancouver is sinking
A few years ago an intersection in Victoria was targeted for expensive repairs to address aging and problematic infrastructure, most of it unseen and underground. The sagging road in the middle of the image, where you can see the vehicle moving deeper into the photo (westbound towards the background), tilting to the right. The road was in danger of collapse as sewer and water pipes underground sagged into the swampy subsurface that was the original landscape of this location near downtown Victoria. While the decison making process to move forward was slow and frustrating, the final project was well worth the expense (in excess of $4 million). The road base is aerated concrete that floats on the swamp and keeps water and sewer pipes from sagging in the middle (the older infrastructure was in danger of snapping in half and causing huge dmage and bigger headaches for all sorts of reasons). The new road is levelled up, and the adjacent businesses, who were nosily impatient with the construction work, have mostly recovered. Of note, however, was the failure of a computer business a block away for whom the roadworks may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. The business disappeared and the location only belatedly has a new and likely successful tenant business.
into the pink and vancouver is sinking
A few years ago an intersection in Victoria was targeted for expensive repairs to address aging and problematic infrastructure, most of it unseen and underground. The sagging road in the middle of the image, where you can see the vehicle moving deeper into the photo (westbound towards the background), tilting to the right. The road was in danger of collapse as sewer and water pipes underground sagged into the swampy subsurface that was the original landscape of this location near downtown Victoria. While the decison making process to move forward was slow and frustrating, the final project was well worth the expense (in excess of $4 million). The road base is aerated concrete that floats on the swamp and keeps water and sewer pipes from sagging in the middle (the older infrastructure was in danger of snapping in half and causing huge dmage and bigger headaches for all sorts of reasons). The new road is levelled up, and the adjacent businesses, who were nosily impatient with the construction work, have mostly recovered. Of note, however, was the failure of a computer business a block away for whom the roadworks may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. The business disappeared and the location only belatedly has a new and likely successful tenant business.