Moraga Awarded Grant For Rubberized Roads

LAMORINDA, CA —Moraga and Antioch have been awarded more than $400,000 in funding as part of $2.3 million in grants from CalRecycle for road repairs using rubber from recycled tires in 20 California communities.

Rubberized pavement combines ground up waste tires with traditional paving materials, according to CalRecycle. The finished product is said to last longer, be safer, quieter, and more cost effective.

Moraga will receive $53,774 for projects using rubberized asphalt concrete, in which road crews apply a two-inch layer of rubberized asphalt concrete to high-traffic roadways that have been graded and prepared for the material. Rubberized asphalt concrete uses roughly 2,000 waste tires per lane per mile of roadway.

Antioch was awarded $350,000 for rubberized chip seal, in which a layer of asphalt binder is applied to existing pavement as a new surface on top of an otherwise sound roadway. Chip seal is ideal for low-traffic
roadways and uses roughly 500 waste tires per lane per mile.

These road repair grants are funded through a $1.75 fee attached to the purchase of new tires in California, according to CalRecycle. An estimated 45 million waste tires are generated each year in California, and roughly 68 percent of them are diverted toward secondary markets rather than going to landfill.

— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock

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