It Must Be Spring

The annual spring ritual in Long Beach has begun. The boardwalk is once again under repair and construction. Why in the world we continue to patch and re-patch the wooden boardwalk with more wooden boards, instead of the synthetic boards used in the boardwalk benches, I cannot understand. I imagine the man-made stuff is more costly, but since the boardwalk is patched one section at a time as needed, the total cost would be amortized over several years. And since the synthetic material does not disintegrate, it would eliminate the annual replace-and-refurbish routine and the associated labor costs  (not to mention the disruption to boardwalk traffic).

If give is the issue for knees and ankles, a wooden lane could certainly be maintained for runners.

Could it be that maintaining the wooden boardwalk is a jobs guarantee for city workers? It wouldn't be the first time.