Construction office not building roads?

[Steadi]

I have a bunch of gravel roads planned, but my construction offices will barely touch them. I've set it up so the CO's only builds roads. The necessary vehicles are bought and the gravel depot nearby is full.
A dumper will once or twice deliver gravel to some of the roads, but then work will stop.

I do not have workers for the CO's, but I was pretty sure that it wasn't necessary for the roads.

Is this a bug?

[John]

tell them where to go manually in your CO (gravel, asphalte....)
and don't forget the bus to collect your people

[Steadi]

The CO's have been assigned where to pick up gravel. I'm currently only producing gravel and that wasn't an issue the last time I used CO's.

Pretty sure that road building doesn't need workers, only bulldozers and excavators + dumpers?

[Comrade Sky]

Originally posted by Steadi:

The CO's have been assigned where to pick up gravel. I'm currently only producing gravel and that wasn't an issue the last time I used CO's.

Pretty sure that road building doesn't need workers, only bulldozers and excavators + dumpers?

Roads only need workers when you are adding lights or trolleybus lines.

[Steadi]

Originally posted by Comrade Sky:

Originally posted by Steadi:

The CO's have been assigned where to pick up gravel. I'm currently only producing gravel and that wasn't an issue the last time I used CO's.

Pretty sure that road building doesn't need workers, only bulldozers and excavators + dumpers?

Roads only need workers when you are adding lights or trolleybus lines.

Yeah, no lights or trolleybus lines here.

I tried placing a few houses to see what happened, and getting workers started up the road building again. Don't know exactly how or why.

[Dave]

Are any of the roads short? Anything under about 7t of gravel requires workers. Bulldozers/Excavators won't go to really small road sections.

Edit: Also check you have a fuel station in range of the CO.

[MG83]

they can only start to build roads which they can reach

[FPStewy]

If you don't see the Workers triangle sign then it's to short for mechanisms and you will need workers to complete.

[Comrade Sky]

Originally posted by Steadi:

Originally posted by Comrade Sky:

Roads only need workers when you are adding lights or trolleybus lines.

Yeah, no lights or trolleybus lines here.

I tried placing a few houses to see what happened, and getting workers started up the road building again. Don't know exactly how or why.

Workers can only walk to buildings, never construction sites that cannot be clicked on after being built (things like roads, power lines, etc.). Workers can only get to those locations via CO bus.

[Comrade Sky]

Originally posted by Dave:

Are any of the roads short? Anything under about 7t of gravel requires workers. Bulldozers/Excavators won't go to really small road sections.

Edit: Also check you have a fuel station in range of the CO.

I have no idea why, but occasionally roads of length 7-8 also occasionally need workers and not automated equipment. It seems very random, but under 7 t gravel is ALWAYS worker only.

[Comrade Sky]

Originally posted by Steadi:

I have a bunch of gravel roads planned, but my construction offices will barely touch them. I've set it up so the CO's only builds roads. The necessary vehicles are bought and the gravel depot nearby is full.
A dumper will once or twice deliver gravel to some of the roads, but then work will stop.

I do not have workers for the CO's, but I was pretty sure that it wasn't necessary for the roads.

Is this a bug?

Are all the bulldozers, excavators, pavers, and rollers busy? That is also a consideration.

[Steadi]

Originally posted by Dave:

Are any of the roads short? Anything under about 7t of gravel requires workers. Bulldozers/Excavators won't go to really small road sections.

Edit: Also check you have a fuel station in range of the CO.

Wasn't aware of the length requirement for workers / mechanisms, thank you! Of course that's why the roads weren't being built.