Snow and ice can damage paved surfaces, leading to frost heaves and potholes. These become potential hazards for drivers and pedestrians and are expensive to fix. Now, researchers propose in ACS ...

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Sometimes it’s the paving that creates the challenge for contractors, but oftentimes it’s the location – and the accompanying vehicle and pedestrian traffic – that can make a straightforward job ...

Asphalt costs rose 28.4%, hurting CA municipal budgets. Denny McCowan General Engineering notes that precision grading ...

While it's certainly important to monitor the condition of paved roads, keeping an eye on the surface will only tell you so much. You also need to know what's going on with the underlying asphalt, ...

Globally, more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, and less than 10% is recycled. Much of the rest ends up burned, buried or drifting through waterways, a problem that’s only ...

The rubber asphalt pavement used to construct new roads makes them more durable from the start. The material reduces both the risk for cracking and the potential for ruts where vehicles frequently ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Redmond Clark watched from the sidelines as crews began paving Ann Arbor’s first rubberized roads on Northbrook Place and Oakbrook Drive on Saturday, May 30. To the casual observer, it ...

Ann Arbor is repaving streets with rubberized asphalt made from recycled tires, a technology designed to reduce cracking, ...

(TNS) — Transportation officials in multiple states are testing whether roads made from grocery bags, juice cartons, printer ink cartridges or other discarded plastic can make pavement last longer, ...

• Based on socio-economic cost-benefit analysis, concrete roads provide superior returns on social capital outlays in the medium to long-term basis The ongoing debate between concrete road ...

For the summer of 2026, portions of 72 streets will be paved with 7.6 miles of roads receiving new pavement. The city of Erie ...