Learned something today.  I am sure you knew this, but I did not.  Did you know that pavement can be rehabilitated?

Yes, roads go to into rehab.  When I saw this phrase “Pavement Rehabilitation” I thought it odd, strange, unusual, and frankly a little bit funny.  In my feeble mind, roads can be repaired, repaved, renewed, resurfaced, reconstructed, or even redone.  But to be rehabilitated?  What is the 12 Step  program for a road?  What exercises does a road do to improve?

A dictionary definition doesn’t mention roads.  It reads, “restore someone to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness”.  As a verb, it means to “restore to normality.”  Okay, maybe.

While Googling “rehabilitated roads”, I discovered that World Bank Funds were given to Liberia to “rehabilitate roads and tackle urban congestion”.  I guess it is a word correctly used, but it still seems a little odd to me.

The reality of the rehabilitating Grove Road from Belt Line to Highland Boulevard is – it is challenging. (I tried to find a nice word.)

Pictures were taken on a Sunday afternoon.  No workers present.  When they are here, there are flag men and  large “rehabilitation” machinery.  Don’t go this way.

Side streets are off limits.

Piles of pavement proliferate.  (Notice the alliteration.)

Port-a potties add to the ambiance of the neighborhood.

Walking??  Sidewalks are closed.

Maybe some drainage work is happening also.  That could be a good thing.

If you like flashing lights, we’ve got one.  It tells us where to go.

Hopefully, by the end of April 2013, the pavement will be successfully “rehabilitated”, and our lives can be ” restored to normality”.  Looking forward to the “End of Road Work.”

Blessings to you and yours,

Thank you for reading Lanabird.  I love and appreciate you.