Tarmac has officially opened its new Asphalt plant at Trowse, Newton giving more customers access to the wide range of Tarmac’s Ultimate solutions.

The new plant has been designed with a number of innovative, industry-leading sustainable features to improve operational efficiency and reduce associated carbon emissions. This includes underfloor heating in covered storage bays to reduce aggregate moisture content and fuel use, reducing carbon emissions by an estimated 14 per cent each year while allowing the plant to run at optimal efficiency and providing continuous access to a range of asphalt materials.

The supply of aggregates at the Trowse Asphalt plant will also be provided by rail to significantly reduce the number of trucks on local roads and in turn, significantly reducing carbon dioxide emissions from transportation.

As well as its sustainability credentials, the new plant will supply a wide range of high-quality Tarmac asphalt to Norwich and the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, including UltiLayer and UltiPorous. UltiLayer is a range of long-lasting, crack resistant polymer modified binder (PMB) asphalt for durability on busy roads and bus lanes, whereas Tarmac’s UltiPorous asphalts are designed for fast draining, all weather surfacing for driveways, car parks, cycle lanes, footpaths, playgrounds and sports surfaces.

Also available at Tarmac’s Trowse Asphalt Plant is its fast, efficient Asphalt2Go collection service. The new service offers a fast, efficient priority asphalt collection service to allow customers to reduce collection times and in turn, improve their productivity.

Chris Pears-Ryding, commercial director – South East at Tarmac, commented: “The new Trowse Asphalt plant represents a key strategic advance in Tarmac’s regional supply network that will allow us to serve our customers with the highest quality asphalt more efficiently and sustainably. A great deal of time, thought and planning has gone into designing this plant with safety, sustainability, efficiency and quality at its core.”

For more information, visit www.tarmac.com.