County adds new weapon to pothole-repair arsenal
From the March 26th edition of the Chicago Tribune:
Despite this month’s record-setting warm weather, pothole crews in the Chicago area are still mostly limited to using marginally effective cold-patch mixtures to repair roads until the hot-asphalt plants open for the construction season.
But there is one exception. The Cook County Highway Department is experimenting with a new technology that brings a small hot-asphalt factory directly to potholes onboard a specialized truck. Mini-batches of steaming hot pavement filler are mixed on the spot and poured into the holes. Click here to read more
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I am assuming this will speed up road repair and if it does excellent work !!!