After the rain we've had, and now the sun hitting it, the pavement weak spots get exposed and voila, we have a failure! The public roads will be no different, but you probably won't really notice them as they blend into the other failures. Pot holes or delamination can form and jetblast scatters the debris. Obviously the loose stone (or chunks of it) and resulting hole aren't exactly ideal for aircraft operations.
I'm actually amazed the closure of 34L we did on Sunday for a pavement failure didn't get reported here...
There's also been at least a dozen small failures in the past 3 or 4 days which have either required closure or restrictions to facilitate temporary repairs. The curfew period gives the opportunity to put more permanent repairs in place.
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