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ADVISORY/From Potholes to Perfection: the Cure for Bad Roads.


Business Editors & Transportation Writers

ADVISORY...for Tuesday Tuesday: see week.  (May 15)

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From the Oregon Trail Oregon Trail, overland emigrant route in the United States from the Missouri River to the Columbia River country (all of which was then called Oregon). The pioneers by wagon train did not, however, follow any single narrow route.  to today's most advanced "super highways," Americans have always strived for better, safer and more efficient roads.

But, as traffic volumes continue to grow exponentially ex·po·nen·tial  
adj.
1. Of or relating to an exponent.

2. Mathematics
a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent.

b.
, it's becoming more and more difficult for states to balance the need for new roads against the critical demands to maintain the quality of existing roadways. A simple, straightforward, practical solution is readily available: preventive maintenance The routine checking of hardware that is performed by a field engineer on a regularly scheduled basis. See remedial maintenance.

preventive maintenance - (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes.

See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey.
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