Almost every road here in South East Pa and NJ is chip and seal.** I’ve seen them pave a road smooth and chip it a month later.** I really think it’s some kind of scam where construction companies are paid to pave a road the right way, then they cheap out and chip it to pocket the difference .
They just did that out here. Beautiful paving job last year, this year crappy chip seal right over the top. It’s a small town, so I may ask the city manager what the deal is. I have the feeling they are listening to the contracting company and not common sense.
The worst part is that they didn’t fix the bad parts of other roads. Just chip-seal over the holes and cracks. Now they blend in more and are harder to dodge. Stupid, stupid, stupid.