05/07/2026
For years, the town of Milford, MA, has been using pavement preservation techniques to make their roads last longer and stretch taxpayer dollars further. In addition to traditional hot mix paving, they have relied on Crack Sealing roads every few years, Micro Surfacing or Chip Sealing roads with minor deterioration, Mill and Fill, Hot In-Place Recycling, or Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) on roads exhibiting deeper distresses. In August 2018, they put a new treatment to work and recycled 4 lane-miles (1 centerline mile with 4 lanes) of Rt. 109, the town’s main commercial thoroughfare right off Interstate 495, using Cold In-place Recycling (CIR).
Scott Crisafulli, the Highway Surveyor for the Town of Milford for the past 14 years, described the decision: “For me, it was an easy decision. The road’s rough condition and its heavy traffic volume made it an ideal candidate [for CIR]. I had seen CIR perform well in other local towns and it was over 60% less expensive [than traditional methods] for our taxpayers. Plus, it’s better for the environment to recycle.”
Read the full case study here: https://indusinc.com/case-study/milford-ma/
