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Drivers are set to benefit from a revolutionary green road project across a popular region in England. A project to resurface a stretch of road in East Anglia – using recycled materials and hydrogen-powered machinery – is smashing low carbon targets.

National Highways tasked its contractors Heidelberg Materials and WSP to deliver resurfacing of the A47 between Acle and Great Yarmouth, in a low carbon way.

The result is a new structural layer of the road that's made from more than 90 per cent recycled materials. Typically, pavement layers use much less recycled or reclaimed asphalt content.

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With a recycling plant close to site, the project is predicted to save 400 tonnes of CO2 on what would pr

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