Greener resurfacing technology used in the North East

Part of the A1 at Brownieside in Northumberland will be resurfaced using an innovative and environmentally-friendly method

Highways England’s contractors A-one+ are using pioneering technology to resurface just over a mile of the A1 at Brownieside in Northumberland.

The machinery being used for the first time in the UK allows the underlying layers of the road to be recycled, churning up the old surface material, combining it with new material within the body of the machine then laying it back down immediately on the road behind.

This new technology means that up to 1,000 tonnes per hour can be resurfaced compared to an average of 100 tonnes per hour using conventional methods.

As well as being able to resurface larger areas, there is also a 75 per cent reduction in the amount of quarried stone used on the job, a 66 per cent reduction in the amount of waste taken to landfill and there are 70 per cent fewer lorry trips to and from site.