Horrible repaving job on Williamsburg Blvd and George Mason Drive in Arlington

[chris_s]

Micro Surfacing

Slurry seal is a water-based, emulsified asphalt mixture spread three-eighths-inch thick over a street surface. It protects streets from water penetration, provides a new wearing surface with improved skid-resistance, and is a quick and economical maintenance strategy. Microsurfacing is a more robust version of slurry seal spread five-eighths-inch thick. Slurry is primarily used on low-volume residential streets whereas microsurfacing is used on moderate- to high-volume arterials. The slurry seal and microsurfacing season runs from July-November.

For questions, contact Alex Portillo at 703-228-7844.

[dasgeh]

There seems to be lots of poor repaving this year. Off the top of my head, I can think of 5 patch jobs (large and pot-hole small) in my neighborhood that have required a redo.

[Vicegrip]

It flattens out after a while. Not as good as a fresh mill and repave but better than right now. In other areas where they used chip seal or slurry seal I noted that that they came through later and swept up the loose granular material. YMMV.

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