Abu Dhabi: An initiative to release a technical guideline for managing milled asphalt for road maintenance and rehabilitation projects in the emirate of Abu Dhabi is currently being studied, the Department of Transport (DoT) announced today (Tuesday).
The DoT project aims to develop procedures and operational policies as well as technical specifications for management of pulverised asphaltic materials produced from roads and pavement maintenance works. Another objective of this project is to evaluate the environmental and economic impacts in case this guideline is enforced.
The importance of this initiative stems from the fact that there are large quantities of milled asphaltic materials generated each year from demolishing existing asphalt pavement as part of the rehabilitation and maintenance work executed by DoT and other public and private entities. This will also have a positive impact in sustainability and environmental conservation.
This practice can reduce opening new borrow pits, hauling quarry materials, air pollution, economic costs and many other environmental concerns. The developed guidelines, once implemented, will contribute to rationalising the impact of material transportation from quarries which are located at distances, and will also eliminate the negative influence of transporting the milled materials to landfills.
