The road actually is open to traffic in most cases. This is typically required during phased construction for base issues as mentioned, as well as to prevent construction traffic from beating up the new pavement.
The ponding occurs at sag inlets, where the water is required to pond to the same...
We design many developments which are built in phases. Often the client wants to delay paving the top course of HMA until after most or all of the construction traffic has stopped. It can sometimes be upwards of a year or two before the top course is finished.
Has anyone found a good way to...
