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Press release from the City of Colorado Springs:
April 21, 2022
Around this time of year, as temperatures warm and roadwork season begins, the City is often asked, "Why are you covering our streets in that ugly tar? Isn't there a better option?"
That roadwork is known as crack seal, an operation whereby tar is melted, poured into roadway cracks and squeegeed smooth. The intent of crack seal is not to fill a crack top to bottom, but to seal the crack, with the purpose of keeping water out of the subgrade of the road.
Water is enemy number one for degradation of asphalt and concrete, so crack seal provides a relatively quick and inexpensive method to keep water from infiltrating the roadways.
This press release was produced by the City of Colorado Springs. The views expressed here are the author's own.
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