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Ecopatcher demonstrates spray‑injection pothole repair to committee; cites faster, longer‑lasting fixes
Summary
Sebastian Bolling, owner of EcoPatcher, presented spray‑injection pothole repair to the committee, showing a short video, describing materials and process, and citing a roughly 4% failure rate on audited repairs and a Kalamazoo contract. Members asked about cost, scalability and weather limitations.
Sebastian Bolling, owner and president of EcoPatcher, demonstrated his company's spray‑injection pothole‑repair technique to the House Transportation Infrastructure Committee and answered members' questions about materials, durability and cost.
Bolling opened with a brief video showing the company process: cleaning debris from a pothole, applying a tack coat to exclude moisture, placing cleaned aggregate mixed with emulsion, topping with an additional tack coat and sweeping and tamping the repair. He said the repair shown was performed seven years earlier and remained intact. "Once the debris is removed, we add a tack seal to prevent any more moisture from entering this pothole," Bolling said during his presentation.
Bolling described the materials used (he…
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