Finally, yesterday, the part of our shared private lane closest to the road was resurfaced. The existing surface was scraped off, shingle laid and graded, then rolled. At last now the sun has come out, and as the shingle dries out it will harden. Now for the $$$.
Ron Chester You used the word shingles and I thought that might be a special New Zealand term, because we use that term for a roofing material. But then I started looking into it and discovered in my August 2021 issue of Asphalt Magazine that it is a major trend to use asphalt shingles, including from roofing tear-off as a component in road construction! It makes sense, but I had never heard about it.
Miraz Jordan @Ron Hah, Ron! I'm a bit stunned that that magazine even exists and even more so that you would have a copy! 😆 In Aotearoa New Zealand we don't really use shingles in roofing. The shingle I was referring to is bits of rock. Generally if the bits are small they'll be called gravel, while larger bits are called shingle. In less populous parts of the country you may end up driving on shingle roads: that is, roads that haven't been tarsealed and are instead covered with loose small bits of rock. In summer such roads are very dusty, and wheels of vehicles ahead can throw up bits of the gravel / shingle onto a windscreen causing damage.
Ron Chester Well it does sound like there is a special kiwi definition for shingles. About a year ago I realized that Google search was finding outstanding Bob Dylan references for me that others didn't find. So I started embracing it, rather than trying to get separate from it. I have used Gmail & their search since they were first invented. So they know me very well and they are helping me.
So they were the ones who found that article for me. And here is another they gave me last night about the American recycling of shingles.
Now I've started researching boondocking with their help. I store my results inside Gmail, which may supercharge their helping me with researching an area. They can directly see what kind of stuff I want them to send me.