My drive is a quarter mile long and ten feet wide. Chip and seal was around 11k, paving quote came in at 30k and I didn't trust it.
This is in NE Ohio.
Guess I don't understand why you would've moved away from chip and seal. I had ours done for $1 per square foot, and have now had a subsequent layer put on at the same cost.
Is it an option for you to go back to chip and seal?
Different things in different countries are delicacies. My father told me many stories of growing up in Germany during the second world war. If you got any meat, you were lucky.If a rabbit was available the brains were the treat.
Horse meat was eaten joyfully if available.