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Mayor de Blasio Opens Newly Rebuilt Hamilton Avenue Asphalt Plant, Helping City Resurface 1,000 Miles Of Streets This Year
May 14, 2014

Award-winning $25 million project increases DOT’s asphalt production and recycling capacity, reducing costs and emissions

After patching a record 338,000 potholes so far in 2014, executive budget makes further investments in roads, infrastructure and safety

NEW YORK—Coming on the heels of an unprecedented road maintenance campaign that patched a record 338,000 potholes and repaved 173 miles of streets, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, and Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Feniosky Peña-Mora today announced the reopening of the completely rebuilt Hamilton Avenue asphalt plant. The state-of-the-art DOT facility is a key link in the agency’s comprehensive maintenance plan to address potholes and resurface 1,000 lane miles of roadway this year.

The project’s benefits include:

• Increased production: The agency’s asphalt production capacity will be increased by 30 percent to as many as 450 tons per hour, with plans to produce one million tons this year for use in resurfacing 1,000 lane miles.
• Cost savings: Asphalt is the most-recycled material on the planet and the top-to-bottom redesign increases the agency’s recycling capability by 10 percent, or 50,000 tons, cutting costs by $5 million each year, and paying for itself in five years.
• Emissions reductions: By further reducing the transport of asphalt and raw materials, the agency is reducing local truck travel by 530,000 miles each year, and eliminating the need for 600,000 barrels of crude oil. And by increasing DOT’s recycling capabilities, the plant will further reduce the purchase for raw materials equivalent to another 1.6 million barrels of oil.
• Technological enhancements: The facility allows DOT to ramp up the production of its industry-leading road surface material mixture, allowing for an extended paving season and work in temperatures as low as 15 degrees. Related technological improvements in the plant’s warm-weather asphalt mix will allow for a 50-degree lowering of the material’s minimum workable temperature, further reducing emissions.

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