Statewide wildfires debris removal process continues; Lake County properties completed
Lake County News reports
29 May 2021
State officials reported that a few hundred more properties have completed the cleanup process in the state’s wildfires debris removal effort.
As of Friday, May 28, more than 1,100 properties enrolled in California s statewide Consolidated Debris Removal Program have cleared the entire debris removal process and been returned to county officials for final approval and the beginning of the reconstruction process.
The 1,106 returned properties represent 25.4% of those participating in either the full debris removal program or only the hazard tree element.
In 2020, over 8,000 climate-induced wildfires burned 4.2 million acres of California, destroying more than 5,700 homes.
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Using Reclaimed Asphalt for Pavement Preservation Surface Treatments
Agencies and practitioners have adapted typical practices to get similar performance from RAP as compared to virgin aggregates on their pavement preservation projects
May 17, 2021
At the end of 2020, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released a new report that outlines the success of using Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements (RAP) in pavement preservation treatments. The FHWA documented case studies, best practices, applicable tests, costs and specifications for RAP in pavement-preservation treatments, such as chip sealing, slurry sealing and microsurfacing.
Greg Duncan, senior engineer at Applied Pavement Technology, Inc., recently presented a webinar with the FHWA and described how agencies and practitioners have adapted typical practices to get similar performance with RAP as compared to virgin aggregates with preservation treatments.
Rebuilding after a Wildfire
May 03, 2021 • You might think that after a wildfire destroys a home or business, there would be a process to follow to rebuild on the site which there is but, it all takes time. See this news release from the state of California for fires that occurred in 2020. Debris removal is not as easy as it sounds.
Wildfire Debris Cleared from Nearly 90 Percent of Properties in Solano, Nevada, Stanislaus, Yuba and Yolo Participating in State Debris Removal Program
SACRAMENTO In another important milestone in helping Californians rebuild and recover, the state announced today that it has cleared eligible wildfire debris from nearly