Many local highway agency streets and roads, particularly in cities and towns, have severe flexible pavement problems. This is due to extreme temperatures, environmental conditions, traffic impacts of transit operations, and frequent stopping and turning maneuvers. Low volume state and county roads are similarly affected by extreme environmental conditions, as well as heavy agricultural and mineral development traffic. Most local highway agencies cannot up front the cost of doing the necessary engineering required to implement technology capable of mitigating these problems, nor do they have the necessary technical expertise and equipment. 

          Implementation of Superpave technology (Level 1) offers significant potential for mitigating these pavement performance problems.  A coordinated, step by step approach needs to be organized and implemented for such road systems. The potential cost savings, improvement in service levels and the extension of pavement service life are great.