Report on town road conditions coming
The Town of Battleford will soon have a complete picture of road conditions throughout the area.
The town’s consulting engineers Catterall & Wright are creating a road condition index for the town in conjunction with Fugro Roadware Inc. Fugro will drive through the town with a pavement surveying vehicle which will track rutting, cracking, distress, and roughness on the roads.
Mayor Derek Mahon said the index will also include reports from under the road.
“As part of this they’ll also be using some ground penetrating radar equipment which will look at the asphalt thickness of each street and the granular thickness on each street. It’s a lot of information that will be gathered and there’s a lot of science which will be brought forth in a report,” he said.