It used to be common practice to overlay concrete estate roads with Microasphalt and other bituminous surfacing products.

Years later, this solution has left authorities with two problems:

1. Firstly, the aesthetics of the now, patchy finish with open joints and the regular occurrence of worn-off areas of blacktop exposing concrete patches.
2. Secondly, the high cost of the ongoing maintenance liability in keeping the highway free of potholes, trip hazards and maintaining a safe running surface in a residential environment.

The solution used in the seaside town of Bexhill in East Sussex is to expose the original concrete carriageway by planing off the layers of surfacing and, using a combination of specialist products, repairing the damaged surface.