Graphene hits the public road in the North East04/03/2025 Tarmac has laid what is said to be the first public road to use a graphene-based additive. |
National Highways launches follow-up graphene trial23/09/2024 National Highways has launched a further graphene-enhanced asphalt trial, this time on a one-kilometre section of the A12 between Hatfield Peverel and Witham, east of England. |
Graphene-enhanced asphalt 165% more durable, Oxfordshire finds07/08/2023 Oxfordshire County Council has announced a further trial of Gipave – a Graphene Plus-enhanced asphalt - after an earlier 2019 test found the material could increase a road's lifespan by 165% compared to conventional resurfacing methods. |
Essex puts in the hard graph01/09/2022 Ringway Jacobs and Essex County Council are trialling a hot rolled asphalt (HRA) containing graphene on a section of road in Chelmsford. |
'Revolutionary resurfacing' comes to the A1 with graphene trial09/09/2021 National Highways will be trialling the use of graphene as part of a road surface on the A1 in Northumberland this month. |
Highways England to launch graphene trials01/07/2021 Highways England is running trials to establish how graphene can be used to extend the operational life of infrastructure on its network. |
Skanska to launch first local trial of graphene in asphalt08/11/2019 Skanska is leading what is thought to be the first ever local road trial of graphene material in asphalt. |
Highways England to carry out graphene trials16/07/2019 Highways England has teamed up with the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) to 'explore the operational and road user benefit of incorporating graphene into assets such as road surfacing and road markings'. |
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