In a move that he said will help towns "maintain and rebuild their roads for a fraction of the cost," Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney handed Fair Lawn and 17 other municipalities the keys to a truck with a mounted infrared restoration system for asphalt.
As anyone who lives in the Upper Midwest knows, roads and road repairs are a way of life. There's no getting around it, especially in a climate that sees such wide temperature variances and growing volumes of heavy traffic.
Everyone from highway engineers to frustrated motorists has fantasized about a machine that would move steadily down a road, gobbling up bad pavement in front and leaving a trail of perfect pavement in the rear. No more construction backups. No more breathlessly expensive rebuilds. No more pockmarked, rutted roads waiting to break axles and bend wheels.
Road Reclaimers
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