A SECTION of Bentons Road in Moorooduc is open to traffic, but with a bitumen made from recycled tyres instead of the previously announced Plastiphalt.
Contractors and Mornington Peninsula Shire agreed on the new crumb-rubber asphalt pavement for the 1.6 kilometre stretch of the road.
“It’s been a challenging ride with storms, material delays and COVID-19 isolation setting us back along the way. But we got there in the end, enjoy the road and drive safe,” Cr Lisa Dixon said (“Patience runs out as drivers ignore road barriers” The News 7/2/22).
The 1450 tonnes of asphalt includes about 9200kg of recycled rubber (about 920 tyres) and 145 tonnes of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) which led to a 5-10 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions.
The long-delayed work is part of the shire’s environmentally sustainable design policy for council buildings and civil works, which seeks to minimise the environmental impact of construction works. It also supports the 2030 target of shire having used 22,829 tonnes of recycled content in its civil or construction works.
First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 22 February 2022
