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<br /> <br /> <br />come <br /> <br /> <br />A: These slabs are the broken pieces of old sidewalks/pathways, driveway aprons, and County <br />Road C roadway taken from the area from I-35W and Long Lake Road east to Snelling Avenue. <br /> <br />Q: How much concrete and asphalt will be crushed at the Meritex Site? <br /> <br />A: It is impossible to know exactly how much concrete is in the compound, but best estimates <br />place the volume of concrete and asphalt at approximately 44 feet wide by 5,300 feet long by 8 <br />inches in depth. This would equate to a range of 5,700 to 6,200 cubic yards of crushing material. <br /> <br />Q: How long will this crushing take? <br /> <br />A: Crushing is estimated to occur from April 1, 2005 through August 15, 2006, barring <br />unforeseen circumstances. <br /> <br />Q: Who is crushing the concrete? <br /> <br />A: Shafer Construction, the contractor for the County Road C reconstruction project will <br />crush the concrete and asphalt. Shafer has been awarded the reconstruction contract by <br />the County. <br /> <br />Q: What will be done with the crushed concrete and asphalt pieces? <br /> <br />A: The County plans to use the crushed pieces as a "sub-base" gravel for new roads on <br />County Road C projects. Sub-base gravel is used in the bottom layer of a road, designed <br />to give the road its shape and strength. Because the crushed material is about 2 1/2" in <br />size, it is not suitable for use as the finished surface for the roads. In reusing this concrete <br />as sub-base gravel, rather than using new gravel that would need to purchased from <br />another source, the County will be saving thousands of dollars and recycling materials. <br /> <br />Q: Why is this done? <br /> <br />A: <br /> <br />There are a number of reasons for crushing this <br /> <br />including: <br /> <br />1. Prolonging the life of landfills; <br /> <br />2. Protecting the environment by not burying the old material in a hole and not <br />needing to extract more gravel from the ground; and <br /> <br />3. Saving money by using recycled concrete and asphalt in new projects. <br /> <br />4. Reducing the length, time, and number of truck trips. <br /> <br />PF3616_RCA_022805.doc\ Page 6 of7 <br />