Worldwide famous environmentally friendly rubber bitumen roads on Pest-side lower quay

Some 1.5 kilometres long part of the Pest-side lower quay is built with the technology of rubber modified bitumen, which is developed and produced based on the patent of MOL. According to nrgreport.hu, with this environmentally friendly procedure that won a number of awards, traffic can be quiter and safer, furthermore, the lifetime of the road can be longer than that of the traditional asphalt roads.

About 400 tonnes of rubber bitumen have been produced for the road construction of some 1.5 kilometres long part of the Pest-side lower quay, which enabled MOL to recycle 9600 used pneumatic tyres in an environmentally friendly way. The basic, the setting and the fretting layers are all made by MOL Rubber Bitumen.

Until now 50 kilometres of roads in altogether 25 road sections have been built in Hungary by using rubber bitumen, which made the environment free from 110 thousand used pneumatic tyres. This amount could cover a normal football field in a 2 metres hight layer.

After the researches and developments lasting for almost a decade, the results of the tests and the experiences on the roads are both very favourable: more permanent, longer life-span, shorter breaking distance and less traffic noise. “Rubber bitumen is an innovative product with which more permanent and economical roads can be built. We are happy that after the road of Budaörs we can contribute to the reconstruction of another important and busy road section of the capital” stated Sándor Fasimon, COO of MOL Hungary.