Atlanta's light rail commuter system, MARTA, connects a cross section of the greater metro area, with four lines reaching from the central city to the north, east, south and west. Commuters ride into and out of downtown daily on the relatively young system, built since 1972; more than 148 million passenger trips were recorded in 2010.
To keep them moving, maintenance work around the tracks is almost ongoing. Here a temporary ramp needed to be installed to accommodate work on and near the tracks. The ramp had to be strong enough to support service vehicles, so a simple low-quality "throw-and-go" cold mix would have been a poor choice. EZ STREET® Ambient® Asphalt Technology was the performance-proven choice. It's available in 50 lb bags, 1-ton large format sacks, or loose large format—giving crews flexibility for repairs of any size. Material can be stored and kept ready for use for up to 12 months.
For a system as large as MARTA, on-shelf quality asphalt translates into maintenance savings and convenience. When small jobs like this have to provide dependable pavement, a truckload of hot mix would be expensive overkill - most of it would cool and harden before it could be used. With EZ Street, spot work becomes economical even as it is more dependable.
