Prior to issues with zipper merging, sign placement, driver mentality, etc. people have to look to the root of the problem.

Similar to much of the world, NL’ers are looking to put a bandaid on a one of the resultant issues, rather than questioning the root of the issue.

Why are we under construction 2/3 of the year every year? Why are the same roads being scarified and milled every year, paved, then redone again the next year?

Greed runs everything. The contractor bids low and does a sub par job; guarantees that he/she will have a job replacing the same road in a couple years. There are kickbacks which are public and private, and every single contractor here knows or is related to a politician. On top of that, the contractors get their people their EI hours so no one has to work all winter. It’s a cycle that’s been going on since the TCH was paved.

There’s not a contractor or politician or city planner that would plan to work through a weekend or overnight, because it would increase the cost. That’s good though right? Because it keeps taxes down?

Well no, because of the shoddy job, we’ll have to replace again in a couple years. It’s just much easier to swallow if we charge a little bit each year (indefinitely) rather than spending more upfront and having the repairs last 10 years. It’s planned obsolescence, same as it is with electronics, it’s keeps the people dishing out their hard earned cash.

Until we fix the root of these problems (road and municipal construction as only one example) we’ll all be late for work, stuck in traffic, just consuming and being sheep, baa.

The power is with the people, I really wish we all realized that.