Safer roads begin with safer materials. For paving projects using asphalt chip seal, lightweight aggregate made from expanded shale, clay or slate (ESCS) has a greater bond strength and skid ...

MERIDIAN — As summer winds to an end -- so does the dreaded road construction season. Crews have been chip sealing our streets for months and are finally wrapping up this year's run. Major streets you ...

The in basket: Tony Spivack and two others have complained about the chip seal repaving of Ridge Rim Trail, a county road near Burley-Glenwood Elementary School on Lakeway Boulevard in South Kitsap.

(WJAR) — An NBC 10 viewer wrote in to Ask Alison about rubberized asphalt chip seal and why Rhode Island doesn’t use it statewide. Gary wrote: "Cedar Swamp Rd in Smithfield was repaved with a mixture ...

The chip-and-seal method of road repair, a blend of asphalt and gravel, is being planned for 96 miles of Bartholomew County rural roads this year. That is substantially more than the 50 to 60 miles ...

What would you say if I told you your driveway doesn’t need to be boring blacktop or ho-hum gray concrete? Can you envision a red, orange, green or light khaki color driveway? Would you like a ...

When considering pavement maintenance, chip seal, slurry seal, microsurfacing, or asphalt overlay generally come to mind. These methods each have their advantages and disadvantages. However, combining ...

NAMPA — Road surfaces do not last forever, but it is possible to extend their life. Chip sealing — or sealing a road’s cracks, followed by putting down a layer of asphalt and small gravel, or chips — ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula’s annual chip sealing program starts next Monday. Crews will go to work applying liquid asphalt and rock chips to city streets until about Aug. 7. The city seals the surface ...

Richland County’s summer road paving program is officially underway. County commissioners on Tuesday awarded a $811,980 contract to Sarver Paving of Ashland, which had the lowest figure of six ...