[magellan]

I guess these new and improved gravel roads will lead to the new and improved bulldozed cities.

[berkeleybeej]

They just turned the state “kinda” highway next to my property from paved to gravel - thank you Oklahoma.

[RatsDawg]

Gravel Roads may be cheaper, but they are sometimes less safe.

Easier to get cracks in your windshields as well, and even a small crack can become a bigger problem once a Michigan winter rolls around.

Not to mention, they make your car all dusty/dirty.

[skeeter]

We’re soon gonna be sorry all those buggy whip manufacturers went out of business.

[ABQHispConservative]

Even in third world countries they are paving roads, as it is a sign of progress. The rats are willing to mismanage everything to a point that the US becomes a banana republic. Disgusting.

[GOPsterinMA]

Does anyone else see this as a sign that the standard of living here in this country is trying to be lowered?

[GeronL]

I read Atlas Shrugged. This is going backwards. Just like in the book.

[In veno, veritas]

Another good reason for roads to be privatized, not government control.

[BradyLS]

Comrade, in the People's Land of Hope and Change, roads paved with gravel! Can you believe???

[Wuli]

If they’d get all the wealth-redistribution schemes and the high govt employee benefits out of their tax code and gubernut spending programs (in other words if they did first and most what the govt should do), there’s no doubt they could pave their rural roads, again.

[muawiyah]

Another Indiana innovation has been the RETENTION of facilities with "dirt floors". They are easy to clean ~ just dig 'em up every now and then and haul the nasties away. Then recover it with clay.

Used to be three beer joints in Bloomington with dirt floors.

[cripplecreek]

Guess those roads just aren’t shovel ready.

[The Duke]

Anything that makes it a little tougher for the city slickers to get to the good fishin’ holes is AOK with me.

[givemELL]

Carry a slingshot in MI, ammo is on the county (road, that is).

[FreedomGuru]

Liberalism turning America into a 3rd world nation. Yup we got change.

[Koracan]

Good for windshield repair business.

[razorback-bert]

I can’t wait for Detroit to get gravel roads.

[usconservative]

The road to our summer home in the Western U.P. of Michigan has been gravel for years. The only thing the county ever does to the road is re-grade it every 2 or three years. Re-grading takes a fraction of the time, labor and materials and hell, the road has held up better since it's been gravel instead of asphalt.

The bad thing is the damage gravel does to the underside and fenderwells of your vehicle .....

[varon]

I guess these new and improved gravel roads will lead to the new and improved bulldozed cities.

That should make the third worlders, that are streaming across our borders, feel right at home

[DogBarkTree]

Michigan should talk to San Fransisco. They know all about dirt roads.

[rbg81]

This story goes hand in hand with the one about them tearning down half of Flint, MI.