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Pavement-preservation conference prompts pilot interest; vendor pitches EFA seal for lowcountry roads
Summary
Beaufort County staff and contractors described newer pavement-preservation techniques at a regional conference; vendor GAF proposed an epoxy-fortified acrylic (EFA) seal as a pilot option and offered contractor training and performance data.
Brian, county transportation staff, reported on takeaways from the Southeast Pavement Preservation Conference and on South Carolina DOT programs that could expand preservation options for the county.
At the meeting, vendors and DOT representatives discussed broader use of preventive treatments. Brian said South Carolina DOT now allows up to 10% of district funding to be used for preservation and is expanding preventive maintenance to include "fair" roads, not only those rated good by pavement-quality indices; he also described…
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