Wisconsin is hoping to reduce costs and create eco-friendlier construction through use of recycled materials, a report by WEAU says. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is using a process called "cold in-place recycling" (CIPR) to rehabilitate aging roadways.
The process doesn't remove pavement from the site. Rather, it reuses the same materials it takes from the site, the report says. WisDOT said in the report that this process saved the state more than $14 million during the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
CIPR also cuts down on truck traffic and is less time consuming, the report says. There have been four CIPR projects in 2016.
A Cold In-Place Recycling project on Highway 27, south of Black River Falls, just wrapped up and another is planned for Highway 72, west of Eau Claire, later this summer.
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