'Recycled road' resurfacing project paves way to zero carbon highways

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Road resurfacing project using recycled materials and low carbon machinery is 'smashing low carbon targets'

National Highways has revealed it is resurfacing a five-mile stretch of road in East Anglia using recycled materials and hydrogen powered machinery, in a project it expects to save 400 tonnes of carbon...

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