Boral is taking part in an innovative new project that aims to make council roads more sustainable, reduce capital and operating expenditure by extending road life, and create a local market for old car and truck tyres by incorporating crumb rubber into bitumen.
The Reusing Rubber: Recycling Tyres for Roads demonstration project run by the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) will see an initial 3,600 standard passenger car tyres, or 2,400 car and 490 truck tyres combined, used in the crumbed rubber asphalt trial project.
Following our successful tender, we have partnered with eight of the 12 participating Sydney local councils to pave a street in each local government area to study varying levels of crumb rubber in a range of asphalt mixes.
The first pavement was laid in early June by our team, with the remaining works across the Councils to be completed in the coming weeks.
Boral is working with the Bayside, Burwood, City of Sydney, Woollahra, Randwick City, Sutherland Shire, Northern Beaches, and Inner-west City Councils.
Our EGM of Asphalt, Tim Richards, said: “We are pleased to be working with local governments as they innovate and move towards a circular economy to drive sustainability. This is a large-scale project that will drive benefits for the broader industry and governments at all levels as we look to better understand how recycled rubber asphalt can be tweaked for maximum performance.
“We are eager to find ways to maximise benefits to the community and on-road projects through innovative construction materials and methods. We look forward to partnering with more local governments on projects such as these.”
