Thursday, September 3, 2009

Observation #2: New Ground

Earlier this week, the road changed in front of Trinity College's main gates:

 
Notice the light-coloured ground. It used to be regular black pavement, but the night before, the trucks were out putting down "skid proofing." Considering all the rain, this is a great idea. Notice how slick the black stuff in the background looks in comparison.

1 comment:

  1. How do they get such a seemingly huge task accomplished over night where as back home here in Canada you end up taking 1 hour to drive 6km on a major highway, b/c they've decided to pave it at 10:30pm on a busy Friday night?

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