Bell School Line now gravel?

[llaen]

Not sure why, but Sideroad 2 east of Appleby and at least some of Bell School Line (north of Sideroad 2) are now gravel roads.

Was this a speed measure? The roads were just fine a week ago.

I need to ride there once in a while, so this is going to become interesting.

 

[Brian P]

It is "chipseal" a.k.a. tar and chips. It will settle down into a good surface after a few weeks. Halton region has been doing a lot of their sideroads lately.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipseal

 

[llaen]

Oh, interesting.

I could swear it looked like regular gravel (I was driving). There's even a "caution, loose gravel" sign on sideroad 2, but maybe they don't have a "caution, loose chipseal" sign .
May prompt people like me to pull out their smart phones and try to wiki it (just kidding).

 

[Gary64]

What Brian said. They did Britannia and a few others in the area last year. I find it takes a couple of months before it settles in.

 

[bww77]

They just finished doing it to parts of Lower Base Line and 5th line south of Britianna.

 

[Red695]

Feeder roads to snake were done today.

 

[theprocess]

Should be fine after the cars have had some time to pack it in.

 

[Red695]

Should be fine after the cars have had some time to pack it in.

having grown up on a tar and chip road, after a few weeks of hot weather the stones pack in. The edges take a season though.

 

[mnm]

anyone been on Bell School Line recently? Is the gravel now cleared away?

 

[Brian P]

Haven't been on it but I've been on many of the others that they've done in the same time frame. All are rideable, but be careful at or approaching intersections, and some of the less-travelled routes may still have loose stone chips between the car tire tracks.