Совет города Колумбия-Хайтс единогласно утвердил проект по продлению срока службы дорог с помощью уникального асфальтового реагента

Columbia Heights will apply an asphalt rejuvenator to streets paved since 2022 in an effort to extend their useful life by five to seven years. The City Council unanimously accepted a just under $50,000 proposal on Aug. 24 from Corrective Asphalt Materials to apply Reclamite to selected streets. The money will come from the city’s infrastructure fund. City Manager Aaron Chirpich said the city did not seek competing bids because Corrective Asphalt Materials is the sole provider of Reclamite treatments in Minnesota. Assistant City Engineer Kelly Monahan described Reclamite as a preventive maintenance treatment for relatively new asphalt. “What the industry standard is saying these days is that a treatment of a bituminous rejuvenator product like Reclamite is going to extend the life of our pavements by around five to seven years,” Monahan said. “So it is a best-in-class practice as far as maintaining and getting the best benefit out of our pavements.” Monahan said current studies, a Minnesota-based literature review and input from other municipalities led city staff to conclude that Reclamite was the best-performing and least messy option available. The city has used Reclamite before, and staff did not expect retreatment to react adversely with earlier applications, Monahan said. “It is a sole source,” Monahan said. “You can only go through Corrective Asphalt Materials to use Reclamite treatment on your pavement in the state of Minnesota.” The estimated cost was within the amount budgeted for the project in 2026. Mayor Amáda Márquez Simula thanked Monahan for explaining the product’s long-term benefits and how road maintenance methods have changed. “Most people don’t work in asphalt or road repair,” Márquez Simula said. “So this isn’t just common knowledge for everyone to know.”