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February 18, 2010

Plans unravel for quiet pavement here

  • WSDOT is testing pavement mixes that have quieted traffic noise in warmer states. The problem is the pavements aren't compacting well in Western Washington's climate.
    • By LUCY BODILLY
    Special to the Journal

    Photo courtesy of WSDOT [enlarge]
    Workers last summer laid this test section of quiet pavement on I-405.

    Quiet pavement asphalt mixes that showed promise in other states are failing here, a recent state Department of Transportation report shows.


     
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