GATINEAU, QUE. - In Gatineau, Que., the roads are paved with toilet paper.
Single-ply to be exact.
"If we use two-ply the top layer blows away," road worker James Gaspe told CBC News. "We learned that from experience."
Gaspe is part of an elite highway crew better known as the toilet tissue brigade. They travel around the Gatineau region filling in asphalt cracks. They used to use old-fashioned tar.
But somewhere, somehow, someone came up with the idea of using toilet paper along on top of the tar. Now Gaspe and his crew go through about 48 rolls a day.
Toilet paper is good for two reasons, said Gaspe.
"Mainly it keeps tar off tires when cars go by, but it also keeps it from seeping out on hills," he said.
The downside? It becomes mushy and disappears after the first rain. But by then, the tar has hardened.
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