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California: San Clemente, Where Rubber Meets the Road Posted: 25 Mar 2008 03:42 AM CDT The San Clemente, Calif., municipal government has saved 281,900 tires from disposal since 1995 by using rubberized asphalt instead of conventional blacktop. The waste management board has helped by awarding grants to pay for using rubberized asphalt. San Clemente has become a leader in the state for using rubberized asphalt, applying for funding every year. Of the 55.34 miles of streets repaved around San Clemente, 53.27 miles have been repaved with rubberized asphalt. Officials estimate that the 18-year Street Improvement Program has used about 3.4 million pounds of tires. When the project started in the mid-1990s, rubberized asphalt cost twice as much as conventional asphalt, city engineer Bill Cameron says. "We were sold on the fact that it would last longer than the conventional asphalt," he says. "Also, it maintains its color longer. And we're able to use less material." However, the cost difference between rubberized asphalt and conventional asphalt has narrowed to about $5 per ton, and with the grant program's $5 a ton reimbursement, cost is no longer an issue.

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