Highways maintenance specialist Multevo has launched an in situ recycling patch repair system for local roads, demonstrating it to delegates at the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival in Warwickshire.
Capable of achieving 150 square metres of repairs per day on average without the need for virgin materials, the system features regenerative technology which mills, rejuvenates and mixes 100% of existing materials for what the company calls a cost effective and low carbon solution.
“What that does is basically recycle the existing carriageway and then allows it for [repairs] in situ, without removing any materials away, without adding any new materials, just an additive, rejuvenator product allowing for instant compaction,” explained Director Josh Sweeney on the Highways Voices podcast. “So we think this is a game changer. We’ve been trialing it on a county council contract, and the results have been really good so far.”
Explaning the benefits he said: “If you look at typical pothole repairs, we know that budgets are always tight, and you need to make that money go further. What this is all about is reducing your costs because you don’t need new material, you don’t need a sweeper on site, you don’t need as much traffic management. You also don’t need a hot box, you don’t need to transport the milled materials away. These are all cost savings as well as benefits in terms of productivity and reducing disruption.
“We’re turning up to site with one machine that can do the entire job now, and we’re also doing it with much less carbon. I reckon this is going to be the lowest carbon repair that’s out there. So when you consider all these factors, there’s nothing else that’s going to be anywhere near this in terms near this in terms of delivering a permanent repair that’s more carbon and near net zero.”
In three steps, just one person and machine can repair roads to a high quality, with the system milling the existing surface to a max depth of 100mm whilst also crushing milled materials, it then mixes the recycled millings with a low carbon rejuvenator product, instantaneously ready for compaction and what is left is a 100% regenerated bituminous product leaving what the company says is a long lasting and high quality repair that can instantly be reopened to traffic after compaction.
You can listen to the interview on the latest Highways News podcast.
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