Melting bitumen leaves motorists 'sinking' into Queensland road, destroys tyres....
kiwijims said
03:37 PM Jul 5, 2018
Up to 50 people could be entitled to compensation after bitumen on a recently resurfaced road in far north Queensland melted around car tyres, causing traffic chaos and damage to vehicles.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) was forced to close the Malanda Millaa Millaa Road near Tarzali on the Atherton Tablelands yesterday and undertake emergency repairs after receiving several complaints.
Haven't heard if any Caravans were caught in the tar, sure hope not !!!
K.J.
-- Edited by kiwijims on Thursday 5th of July 2018 06:40:39 PM
mezza56 said
06:28 PM Jul 5, 2018
wouldn't that ruin ur day
Delta18 said
07:06 PM Jul 5, 2018
Strange how there is no tar flicked up under the guards and no tracks in the tar on the ground. Almost as though it was poured on top!
Dave1952 said
07:20 PM Jul 5, 2018
Hi K.J., From the Brisbane Times, I understand there have been issues involving caravanners, but nothing specific. Maybe they have been delayed or prevented from travelling across from Malanda to Millaa via Tarzali. There is another road but it involves a detour via Longmans Gap and a turn to the left before Ravenshoe, after Evelyn Central hall.
Grandad5 said
09:40 AM Jul 6, 2018
I can't quite understand what went wrong to cause that. Most curious.
Kebbin said
10:14 AM Jul 6, 2018
It looks like they (TMR) have covered all bases by blaming the cold weather, wet weather and finally a heatwave. If you have been to the tablelands you will know it's classed as a temperate area ( Mareeba is a few degrees different) and being winter I very much doubt the heatwave. The most likely culprit is how the batch was prepared.
Hetho said
07:23 PM Jul 6, 2018
I have the same thoughts as Delta18, no tar on either mudguards, or on the road as the vehicle came to a stop.
It appears that the Tar, or substance has been pored over the ute wheel.
I lived in the Pilbara for 18 years and the roads/tar used to melt in the 40 degree mark.
We are currently in North QLD and the temperatures are in the 20's.
So, I'm thinking that someone is "pulling our legs"
Regards.
Hetho.
dabbler said
08:09 PM Jul 6, 2018
Hetho, the photo might be questionable but the event isn't. This isn't a case of blacktop melting but rather a case of either
incorrect procedures or incorrect mixes for the weather. BIL worked roads in and around the Burnett and Wide Bay area throughout the 1990s-2010 for both Main Roads and contractors, and he tells stories just like this one.
Hetho said
06:42 AM Jul 7, 2018
Hi Dabbler.
Thanks for the info and I believe your thoughts are correct. I am not a civil engineer and have no knowledge of road construction and or surfacing.
my comment was on the photo attached to the OP.
Regards.
Hetho
brickies said
07:12 AM Jul 7, 2018
I think you will find the drivers keep going till they got to hard ground and stoped that why the tar on the road is hard not soft ad the soft tar is running down from the wheels on to a hard surface .
bill12 said
05:34 AM Jul 9, 2018
Just think of the positive side......The undersides of your vehicle will never rust again.......
Up to 50 people could be entitled to compensation after bitumen on a recently resurfaced road in far north Queensland melted around car tyres, causing traffic chaos and damage to vehicles.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) was forced to close the Malanda Millaa Millaa Road near Tarzali on the Atherton Tablelands yesterday and undertake emergency repairs after receiving several complaints.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-05/melting-road-in-far-north-queensland/9942800
Haven't heard if any Caravans were caught in the tar, sure hope not !!!
K.J.
-- Edited by kiwijims on Thursday 5th of July 2018 06:40:39 PM
wouldn't that ruin ur day
Strange how there is no tar flicked up under the guards and no tracks in the tar on the ground. Almost as though it was poured on top!
I have the same thoughts as Delta18, no tar on either mudguards, or on the road as the vehicle came to a stop.
It appears that the Tar, or substance has been pored over the ute wheel.
I lived in the Pilbara for 18 years and the roads/tar used to melt in the 40 degree mark.
We are currently in North QLD and the temperatures are in the 20's.
So, I'm thinking that someone is "pulling our legs"
Regards.
Hetho.
Hi Dabbler.
Thanks for the info and I believe your thoughts are correct. I am not a civil engineer and have no knowledge of road construction and or surfacing.
my comment was on the photo attached to the OP.
Regards.
Hetho