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Article: RAP slurry fits agency's 'green' initiatives.(Pavement Preservation)
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- Asphalt Contractor
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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RAP slurry fits agency's 'green' initiatives
By Greg Udelhofen, editor
Based on a test application five years earlier, City of Duarte, CA goes 100% RAP slurry in 2008
Going 'green' and sustainability have become part of the asphalt industry's daily dialogue, so it should come as no surprise that the City of Duarte, CA, was one of the first road agencies to initiate a green pavement preservation process.
In 2003, Pavement Coatings Co. of Cypress, CA, was contracted by the City of Duarte, located 10 miles east of Pasadena, to deliver the agency's annual slurry seal program.
The road preservation contractor asked to treat one ...