I hope so too, being removed in the Region I am not privy to scuttlebutt in Albany but so far its quite. >>> "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/14/01 03:32am >>> Howard, I only hope that NY DOT will not cave in to pressures to revert. NY DOT and the other metric DOTS can be the bridgehead from where to start a counter attack. Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Ressel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: [USMA:15245] Metric road works -Reply > Road construction on site is still a mixed bag in NY. Contractors talk English often but also are starting to use metric. They do adjust though. One project I designed involves paving with concrete. The Contractor is paving to English widths even though the specs call for hard metric lanes. Since they are slightly wider in English, I guess we are getting some free concrete! This is because the paver was designed to be modified in 1' (not 300 mm) increments. > > They use a modern batch plant to produce the concrete though and all the readouts and batching are done in SI. > > Quantities are measured in SI so more and more they will talk SI and be comfortable with it. I think though it will be a generation before we stop hearing things in English. > > I often find myself conversing in English (shame). > > Howard Ressel, Metric Manager > New York State Department of Transportation, Region 4 <snip>
