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Because someone foolishly decided to use the “Environmentally friendly” rubberized asphalt. It DOES NOT work in the hot southwest. It gets too soft in the heat and can’t handle the load. I remember when they tried this through the desert in Ca 25 years ago and it didn’t work then. It was a huge failure...

6 posted on 08/02/2021 1:01:28 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)

Because someone foolishly decided to use the “Environmentally friendly” rubberized asphalt. It DOES NOT work in the hot southwest.

My goodness. Where to begin?

The purpose of the disruption is to widen the road. It has nothing to do with the rubberized asphalt, which works quiet nicely in Arizona. They need to scrape it off during major construction.
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The purpose of rubberized asphalt is to make the road quiet, which is does, and to protect the underlying concrete. It was never sold as "environmentally friendly."

14 posted on 08/02/2021 1:13:58 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)