Could old tires help fix roads in the Eagle Ford Shale?

[unhappycamper]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/eagle-ford-energy/article/Could-old-tires-help-fix-roads-in-the-Eagle-Ford-5173275.php

Could old tires help fix roads in the Eagle Ford Shale?
By Jennifer Hiller : January 24, 2014 : Updated: January 26, 2014 9:29am

San Antonio — The roads in the Eagle Ford Shale region are a well-documented, widely-complained-about mess.

While the oil boom has created jobs across South Texas, heavy trucks carrying everything from crude oil to drilling rigs have torn apart the region's infrastructure. Chunks of shoulders have broken off, potholes dot the roadways and so-called “alligator” cracks have become common.

Could old tires help fix them?

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Given one unpopular alternative that the Texas Department of Transportation proposed last year for parts of South and West Texas — turning paved roads to gravel — Jones said it would be worth doing pilot projects to see how the product works here.

[marble falls]

1. Why isn't big oil paying for the roads. They benefit most from the use of them.

[LiberalEsto]

2. Oh, but we must not tax our poor, struggling corporations

or make them pay for cleaning up their messes

If we don't cater to their every whim, they might pick up and move overseas.