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Community Recycles Pavement to Save Money

Called "cold in-place recycling" (CIR), the process involves a machine chewing up existing city streets — in this case, Monterey Road in San Jose — grinding up and recycling the rock, injecting it with binding material, and spitting it out as new pavement. A two-inch rubberized coating is placed on top to protect the road.

The initial results have been positive. By using recycled material, the city avoided using 10,000 tons of new asphalt, and saved 1,500 truck trips to dispose of 10,000 tons of waste. In addition, had the road been redone using traditional paving with new asphalt, it would have cost $3.1 million. But the price tag for using CIR was $2.3 million, saving San Jose $800,000.

Brian Heaton

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/technology/San-Jose-Calif-Recycles-Pavement-to-Save-Money.html

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