Environmentally friendly methods used to repair roads in Goole

Friday, 1 November 2024

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is now using and trialing more environmentally friendly methods for repairing roads in the East Riding. 

Two new schemes in Goole costing around £265,000 are embracing the latest materials to reduce the carbon footprint of road improvements.

Pasture Road in Goole is currently being resurfaced using a product developed by Tarmac that incorporates granulated rubber from recycled tyres, and has only been used in a handful of locations across the UK. The work is due to be completed on Friday 1 November.

Tarmac’s ULTIPAVE R solution is the first rubber-modified asphalt in the UK to receive approval from BBA HAPAS (British Board of Agrement Highway Authorities Product Approval Scheme Certification for Highways Products and Systems).

Tarmac states that, when combined with its ULTILOW warm mix technology, further sustainability benefits are achieved, saving an average of 3.5kg of CO2 equivalent per tonne compared to traditional asphalt, the material used to repair road surfaces.

For the next trial, a section of Edinburgh Street in Goole will be the first road in Yorkshire to use a new carbon-negative material.

The work is due to start on Monday 4 November and is scheduled to take up to two weeks.

This will be a UK first and uses a material known as ACLA, designed and manufactured by Low Carbon Materials (LCM) in Durham.

The ACLA product is being used in the binder course of the resurfacing, capturing and storing CO2 within the product and preventing its release into the atmosphere.

The two schemes are being carried out on behalf of the council by contractors PBS (NE) Construction Ltd as part of the planned road maintenance programme.

Councillor Paul West, the council’s cabinet member for environment and transport, said: “The council is leading the way in using low carbon methods and testing the latest technology to repair and resurface roads to benefit the environment and road users.

“We'll be monitoring the performance of these road surfaces with a view to using more carbon saving materials in our schemes in the future, in support of the council's Climate Change Strategy.”

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