County tests new enzymatic hardener for gravel roads

Product makes gravel roads 10X harder at a fraction of the cost of asphalt
 

  • County Highway Supt. Jeremy Brandt sent a sample of the material dug from about six inches below the surface of 11 Road to Substrata, the Nevada company that manufactures Perma-zyme, and received back this shrink-wrapped puck made from the sample by adding the ezyme to it. It appears to be as hard as concrete.
    County Highway Supt. Jeremy Brandt sent a sample of the material dug from about six inches below the surface of 11 Road to Substrata, the Nevada company that manufactures Perma-zyme, and received back this shrink-wrapped puck made from the sample by adding the ezyme to it. It appears to be as hard as concrete.
    Work began Monday morning on resurfacing a half mile of East 11 Road from Highway 14 just south of Aurora toward the data center and ending at the Mid Nebraska Land Developers headquarters. County Highway Supt. Jeremy Brandt said the project will make use of a new soil stabilization enzyme that he believes could be a “game changer” for county roads since the cost is $17,000 to $18,000 a mil...

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