Major Street Maintenance Project Gas Tax

and Cal Recycle Grant Funds Utilized

Duarte, CA, March 26, 2012 - A major street maintenance project is on the calendar for later this year to slurry seal and cape seal all residential streets west of Highland Ave., from north to the south City limits.

The Duarte City Council awarded All American Asphalt of Corona a $1.15 million contract funded with a combination of State Gas Tax and a CalRecycle Grant.  The CalRecycle Grant reimburses the City one dollar for every square yard of asphalt rubber aggregate membrane (ARAM) constructed.  It is estimated that 132,500 square yards of ARAM will be placed during the course of the project and $132,500 returned to the City via the CalRecycle Rubberized Pavement Grant for the recycling of approximately 11,000 used rubber tires.

For the project, streets in fair condition will receive a surface treatment of an asphalt rubber aggregate membrane, chip seal, followed by an application of a Type II slurry seal.  This combination of materials is known as a cape seal.  The remaining streets, which are good condition, will receive just the Type II slurry seal. All of the streets have had any failed pavement areas removed and replaced; and all pavement cracks one-quarter inch or greater have been sealed with asphalt rubber under separate contracts.

The City has not yet determined when the project will begin, but it will be sometime between mid-May and late summer since road work utilizing the ARAM product requires placement during warm weather. For more information, call the City of Duarte Community Development Dept. at (626) 357-7931, ext. 230.

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