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More from County NewsTierra Rejada Road and Second Street in Moorpark will be resurfaced with a mixture of ground-up old tires and asphalt in a road project that begins today.
Adding rubber from ground-up tires to asphalt pavement can improve performance and help the surface last longer, city officials said in a written statement.
The city has hired Excel Paving Co. to replace the pavement on Second Street downtown between Spring Road and Moorpark Avenue, and Tierra Rejada Road from Los Angeles Avenue to just east of Highway 23.
"The City Council has directed us to set a tone for road-building efforts in the city, and help pull thousands of tons of waste out of our landfill stream and put them to productive use," said Public Works Director Yugal Lall.
The road projects are expected to take about 30,000 used tires out of the trash. Lall said the idea of mixing ground tire rubber into asphalt pavements has been around since the 1960s.
But most states, including California, were dissatisfied with their early experience. Costs in California initially ran 30 percent higher than conventional paving and performance results were mixed.
"With new technology, both the cost and performance issues have been tackled and rubberized asphalt is vastly more attractive," Lall said.
The existing pavement on the streets will be ground down and the new rubberized asphalt surface installed. Most of the grinding and paving will occur from Oct. 29 to Dec. 15, officials said. The project is expected to by completed by the end of January.
During construction the road will be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Access to side streets, businesses and residences will be maintained throughout the duration of the project.
The Moorpark Redevelopment Agency is partnering with the city by paying for the new pavement on Second Street. Second Street is within the agency's project area.
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