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Committee advances bill requiring local agencies to explain when they reject recycled asphalt
Summary
AB 978 would encourage use of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) in local road projects by requiring local agencies, upon bidder request, to provide reasoning if they determine RAP use is not feasible; the Transportation Committee passed the bill and moved it to Appropriations.
Assemblymember Kevin Hoover presented AB 978 to the Senate Transportation Committee as a measure to promote sustainable, cost‑reducing use of recycled materials — specifically recycled asphalt pavement or RAP — in local road projects.
Hoover said the bill would maintain the existing requirement that local agencies allow the use of recycled materials "to the extent feasible and cost effective," and would add a requirement that agencies provide reasoning upon request when they determine RAP cannot be used. "AB 978 would continue to require a local agency to allow for the use of recycled materials in their paving projects to the extent feasible and cost effective. But it would also require local agencies upon request to…
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