Michigan Environment Shows a Different Roadbuilding Technique with Tyres

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The road construction crew call it ‘road lasagna’ — roads that are made with scrap tyres and other construction materials that are layered like sheets of pasta in the Italian dish. The construction method has been used for many years using different construction materials, but using scrap tyres in the layers is getting more common in Michigan thanks to grants from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).

In 2021, EGLE awarded an $80,000 match grant to Ingham County to build some 325 linear feet of road on top of a scrap tyre base near Onondaga.

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https://www.tyreandrubberrecycling.com/articles/news/michigan-environment-shows-a-different-roadbuilding-technique-with-tyres/

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Tyre & Rubber Recycling
Tyre & Rubber Recycling

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Tyre & Rubber Recycling is the leading B2B journal for the tyre recycling sector. You can visit our website here: tyreandrubberrecycling.com

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