{"id":248,"date":"2015-02-11T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/11\/dollards-david-bellas-takes-on-quebecs\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:40:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:40:37","slug":"dollards-david-bellas-takes-on-quebecs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/11\/dollards-david-bellas-takes-on-quebecs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollard\u2019s David Belles takes on Quebec\u2019s potholes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Rhonda Massad<\/b><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\/\">www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dollard des Ormeaux\u2019 David Belles came up with a solution to the treacherous pot hole problem facing us all for his Grade 9 science project at West Island College (WIC). He won the gold medal and will be continuing on to Montreal regionals hosted by Concordia University.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\u201cMy mother got a flat tire driving over a pot hole during the time we had been assigned our science project,\u201d Belles told <i>The Suburban<\/i> in an interview, \u201cI wanted to come up with a solution to this ongoing issue. So I researched what possibilities could be used to make the roads more durable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Belles\u2019 research showed that if asphalt is mixed with chicken feathers it becomes impermeable and he hopes all levels of government will take interest. <\/p>\n<p>This is how it works. The asphalt is mixed with chicken feathers. The chicken feathers act as a barrier to the water that would normally seep under the asphalt and cause the pot hole. The asphalt literally has feathers sticking out in some places. Another layer of asphalt without chicken feathers would be layered as the final coat for a more pleasant appearance.<\/p>\n<p> There are 5 million tons of feathers discarded each year that could be used to mix with the asphalt easily at a low cost. \u201cThis is pretty simple and it would help towards saving the environment,\u201d Belles said, \u201cIt would also save the taxpayers because the roads would last longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/David-Belles-1024x1024.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/David-Belles-1024x1024.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b>DDO&#8217;s David Belles shows how we can save our roads with chicken feathers.<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><i>(Photo \u00a9 Rhonda Massad)<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[&#8216;GoogleAnalyticsObject&#8217;]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){<br \/>\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),<br \/>\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)<br \/>\n  })(window,document,&#8217;script&#8217;,&#8217;\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js&#8217;,&#8217;ga&#8217;);<\/p>\n<p>  ga(&#8216;create&#8217;, &#8216;UA-45892555-1&#8217;, &#8216;auto&#8217;);<br \/>\n  ga(&#8216;send&#8217;, &#8216;pageview&#8217;);<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rhonda Massadwww.thesuburban.com Dollard des Ormeaux\u2019 David Belles came up with a solution to the treacherous pot hole problem facing us all for his Grade 9 science project at West Island College (WIC). 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