Problems:

• Heavy traffic is causing road damage
• Sinking soil can cause potholes

• Certain areas have more potholes than others

• Soil plays a part in potholes

• Weather heavily affects the road

Problems broke down:

• Heavy traffic is causing road damage

  • What was the road originally designed for?
  • How is the road used now?
  • What is the area around the road?
  • What weather affects the road?

• What benefits come from filling the potholes?

• How much impact does soil have on preventing potholes?

Plan to research problem:

• We need to observe existing roads that are similar apart from traffic.

Possible Solutions:

• Restrict semi-truck traffic
• Redesign and rebuild the road
• Repair the existing road then build another road on top of it
• Relocate where the semi-trucks are going
• Create a different road that leads to the same destination

Testing Solutions:

• We can observe other situations like this one and see what they changed to fix this problem.
• We can conduct research to look at possible solutions.

Best Possible Solutions:

• My solution is to reinforce the road so that it can support the semi-truck traffic it frequently encounters.
• A possible solution would be to modify the soil to better reinforce the road.