ABC 10/CW5 A road made out of rubber in Dickinson County may have started a trend. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy provided grants that allow organizations to repurpose old tires. “I would say a lot of these are solid technologies that are available but not widely known. They are currently an alternative and we are working to get them to be more known by communities and in road commissions, “said Kirsten Clemens, the Scrap Tire Coordinator for EGLE. “ So we are doing these projects to share the information and grow these types of projects so more of these types of materials are used in the state.”