LowEmissionAsphalt-136pg-WhitePaper-May2023

P a g e | 86 Where will transportation agencies be able to go to meet near-to-long term carbon reduction goals if electrification proves to be much more protracted than planned? We predict they will target public works projects to turn our built environment into a major part of the solution to climate change . And our industry will increasingly need to address these needs. If well thought out, industry-led climate initiatives could become an advantage to the pavement construction industry. Environmental boundaries don’t n ecessarily need to be viewed as a liability. Why? The number one source of GHGs just happens to travel across the assets we build and maintain. Lightbulbs should be going off here.