Green Asphalt ™ Benefits
GREEN ASPHALT™ PAVEMENT PRESERVATION SYSTEM
PROVEN
Green Asphalt™ includes a 4 Year Warranty
Proven over 15 years in our Southern, Az. Climate
Quality
- Unique Patent Pending Formula
- Independent and In-house Quality Assurance Program in Place
- High UV resistance to the Sun
- Twice the Rubber, Polymer and 3 to 6 times thicker than Poly chip
- Minimal tire scuffing or digging
- Plant mixed, allows for more Rubber and Polymer versus Field mix controls
- Green Asphalt™ Protects utilities versus reconstruction & increases the original pavement bridge versus other surface treatments
- Green Asphalt™ is up to 2.5 X stronger than Non-Green (Intellectual Property)
- Increased performance in in‐active areas
- Increased impenetrability to water ponding areas
- Meets and exceeds the current and previous requirements by MAG and PAG
Environment
- Unique skeleton produces a very quiet ride with Green
- Smooths out rough existing surfaces
- Eliminates 20-ton high vibration milling/pulverizing machines
- Eliminates intense vibration of existing underground utilities
- Eliminates 7 out of 8, 24-ton dump truck loads versus a 4” reconstruction
- Eliminates certain drainage issues due to innate section thickness and quality of install
- Cuts asphalt plant carbon emissions in half
- No mud, no dust from re-grading and no mud tracking from haul out
- Less unsightly crack seals, reflective cracks are often too narrow to seal and tend to heal in the heat
- No tracking of oxidized seal coat black dust
- Green Surface air pockets retain less heat and curb Urban Heat Island effects
Value
Tucson Asphalt’s Green Asphalt™ Pavement Preservation System saves 40 to 60% or more
Superior to Conventional Asphalt
Safety
- Reduces traffic issues, “days, versus weeks to complete”
- No loose gravel like a Poly chip, or Chip seal, no windshields broken
- Stays black longer, Pavement Markings more visible
- Reduced Complaints
- High skid resistance
- Drive on it soon after the roller
- Reduced liability
Deferred Maintenance
- Green reflective cracks are most often too narrow to seal, and cracks tend to heal in the heat
- Crack & Seal maintenance deferred to 5 years or more
- No 1st year Seal needed like a Slurry Seal or Non-Green