Reclaimed asphalt pavement; Dept. of Transportation, et al., to study using to maximize savings.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not explicitly mention reducing carbon emissions as a goal, only maximizing savings in time, funding, and carbon emissions for the Commonwealth.

Study on Using Reclaimed Asphalt for Roads

This bill requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to form a group that will study how reclaimed asphalt pavement is used in road construction and make recommendations.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a work group within the Virginia Department of Transportation to examine the Characterizing and Improving Binder Availability and Activity in Asphalt Mixtures with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) study conducted by the Virginia Transportation Research Council.
• Requires this work group to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to specific legislative committees no later than December 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Virginia Department of Transportation
• Industry stakeholders from the highway construction industry, such as the Virginia Asphalt Association and Old Dominion Highway Contractors Association

Terms To Know

Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP)

Old asphalt that has been removed from roads and can be reused in new road construction.

Work Group

A team of people brought together to study a specific issue or problem.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the work group will be funded.
• It is unclear what actions, if any, will be taken based on the recommendations made by the work group.

Official Summary Text

Department of Transportation; work group; examine reclaimed asphalt pavement study; report.
Directs the Department of Transportation to convene a work group to examine the Characterizing and Improving Binder Availability and Activity in Asphalt Mixtures with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) study conducted by the Virginia Transportation Research Council and make certain recommendations, and to submit a report of the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than December 1, 2026.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to direct the Department of Transportation to convene a work group to examine the Characterizing and Improving Binder Availability and Activity in Asphalt Mixtures with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) study conducted by the Virginia Transportation Research Council and make certain recommendations.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.
§ 1.
That the Department of Transportation
(
the
Department)
shall convene a work group to examine the Characterizing and Improving Binder Availability and Activity in Asphalt Mixtures with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) study conducted by the Virginia Transportation Research Council
and make recommendations
for strategies for
effectively using
RAP to maximize
savings in time, fund
ing
, and carbon emissions for the Commonwealth
.
The
members of the
work group shall
include industry stakeholders from the highway construction industry, including the Virginia Asphalt Ass
ociatio
n
and
Old Dominion Highway Contractors As
sociation
,
and
any other stakeholders the Department deems necessary.

The
work group shall complete its meetings no later than November 1, 2026
,
and
shall submit
a report of

the work group's
findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than
December
1
, 2026
.