Surface Dressing

[Lawrence]

The main street through the village has been dressed this morning.
One machine went through laying tarred chips (not just tar), followed
by another laying just chips. These were followed by a roller doing
three or four passes. That's it . Will they return with a sweeper? If
so, how long before that happens. I always though dressing was tar
then chips, this is closer to tarmac but not quite.

[larkim]

Whether or not they sweep the road in a few days time, you can bet your life savings that they won't bother with the pavements too. Bloody nuisance around here where the pavements are now (4 weeks after the surface dressing) covered with wasted chips either spread as part of the dressing operation, or kicked up by cars over the few days before it was swept.

For parents with buggies, people with walking difficulties etc they are a real irritant.

Matt