Texas begins replacing paved roads with gravel due to lack of funding | The Raw Story

But they sure have time and money to waste on non-essentials like lambasting Wendy Davis,,,

The oil and gas boom in Texas has produced an unintended effect: The state plans to covert some roads to gravel to save money.

The oversized vehicles and overweight loads used by energy companies has had a devastating impact on many roads, but the state has not appropriated enough money to fix them.

The Texas Department of Transportation began converting more than 80 miles of paved roads to gravel on Monday, according to the Texas Tribune. The speed limit on the new gravel roads will be reduced to 30 mph

Texas begins replacing paved roads with gravel due to lack of funding | The Raw Story