New York City provides a fair share of maddening moments.
One of those moments was when many of us found out that Fort Washington Avenue, by the George Washington Bridge, and the surrounding streets had been milled for repaving. And left that way. Ride. After ride. After ride.
And then one day, fresh pavement.
While New York City can toss a changeup like that, it also runs on schedules. Like the subways; there are actually schedules, and in my experience, the trains do largely run on time. (Buses? Fugheddaboudit, though their text alerts are pretty nice.)
So, yes, there is a milling and repaving schedule. And yes, it is published.
When I asked about how long it takes to go from milling to paving, I was told they generally wait about two weeks between milling and paving, so things “settle.” It feels too long. All the same, they claim to repave about 1,000 lane-miles a year, so maybe they’ve got this repaving thing down to (almost) a science.
Here’s a short industrial video on NYC paving tech and practices from the DoT
