By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Pavement Solutions of Middletown, Indiana, is currently performing crack sealing on Decatur streets.
A total of 29 city streets are on the project schedule.
Crack sealing is the process of placing an adhesive sealant into cracks on the pavement surface (see photo), preventing the infiltration of moisture and non-compressible materials into the pavement. It is a cost-effective pavement preservation treatment that can slow pavement’s deterioration and extend pavement life by three to five years, according to information found on the Internet.
A crack-sealed road can be opened to traffic almost immediately when a de-tacking agent (see photo of spraying) is used.
No pavement is immune to cracking and, according to the Pavement Preservation & Recycling Alliance’s roadresource.org, 75 percent of unsealed cracks develop into potholes within three years, while only 1 percent of sealed cracks develop into potholes in that same time frame.
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