Estonia: Tref, SL Asfaltti apply remix technology in road renovation

In Estonia, the road building company TREF and the Finnish SL Asfaltti have applied the hot remixing road renovation technology in the resurfacing of the Ussisoo road link of the Tallinn-Tartu highway. The hot remixing is an environmentally friendly and economical road rehabilitation technology to repair top layers of the asphalt structure, first introduced in Estonia by Lemminkäinen in the resurfacing of the Pärnamäe Road in Tallinn in 2010.

October 15, 2013 Read time: 1 min

In Estonia, the road building company TREF and the Finnish 7514 SL Asfaltti have applied the hot remixing road renovation technology in the resurfacing of the Ussisoo road link of the Tallinn-Tartu highway.

The hot remixing is an environmentally friendly and economical road rehabilitation technology to repair top layers of the asphalt structure, first introduced in Estonia by 4438 Lemminkäinen in the resurfacing of the Pärnamäe Road in Tallinn in 2010.

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