On 19/03/2021 04:38 pm, Martin Brown wrote:
On 19/03/2021 14:26, NY wrote:
"jon" wrote in message ...
On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:02:12 +0000, Harry Bloomfield, Esq. wrote:

Originally concrete slab, later tarmaced. They are resurfacing and have
scrapped up the tarmac down to concrete - how long do they normally
leave it, before returning to retarmac?

It's been two weeks now.

They could leave it, we have some concrete roads around here.

I remember when major roads like the A34 between Oxford and the M40
were made up of concrete slabs, with tar expansion joints. Not a nice
road surface to drive on - very hard (tarmac is hard, but there's a
bit more give in it) and the thump-thump-thump of each joint gets very
annoying after a few seconds ;-) About the only thing in their favour
was that concrete roads were very hard-wearing and didn't need
resurfacing every few years.

There is still a chunk of concrete slab A19 like that round Billingham.
There may be a bit less of it after the latest roadworks have finished.

Hard wearing but noisy would be my summary.
Is there still some on the M6 old Preston bypass section?

No. I don't think there ever was a concrete-paved section there. There
used to be some further up around Lancaster.