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Folks,
I am buying a piece of vacant land in New York State from a local developer. There is a 1700 foot “road” leading in and up to what will eventually be my building site. It was apparently a gravel road that was put in in the 1970 when a prior owner was going to put in a subdivision.
As part of the deal, the seller is going to pave this road for me. This is in an area that has stormwater runoff management requirements. Probably to avoid having to take drastic measures for installing catch basins etc, he is putting down a permeable asphalt.
This asphalt is made by Peckham Industries and is known as TYPE 10FX OPEN GRADED SURFACE COURSE. This is apparently described by a NYS DOT Specification. However, the NYS DOT web site shows that this specification has been “Disapproved based on EB 98-035”.
I have not been able to find that Engineering Bulletin to discover the reason (e.g. maybe it just has something to do with using it for highway use).
Has anyone heard of this stuff and can offer any information? I’d appreciate it.
Bill Smith
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Folks,
I am buying a piece of vacant land in New York State from a local developer. There is a 1700 foot "road" leading in and up to what will eventually be my building site. It was apparently a gravel road that was put in in the 1970 when a prior owner was going to put in a subdivision.
As part of the deal, the seller is going to pave this road for me. This is in an area that has stormwater runoff management requirements. Probably to avoid having to take drastic measures for installing catch basins etc, he is putting down a permeable asphalt.
This asphalt is made by Peckham Industries and is known as TYPE 10FX OPEN GRADED SURFACE COURSE. This is apparently described by a NYS DOT Specification. However, the NYS DOT web site shows that this specification has been "Disapproved based on EB 98-035".
I have not been able to find that Engineering Bulletin to discover the reason (e.g. maybe it just has something to do with using it for highway use).
Has anyone heard of this stuff and can offer any information? I'd appreciate it.
Bill Smith