“AASHTO appreciates West Virginia providing us the resources to do this work,” said Katheryn Malusky, program director of the AASHTO Product Evaluation and Audit Solutions section.
In all, 32 manufacturers are testing 150 different products for use on highway surfaces. Each product is laid down on the road, where data will be collected on it for the next three years to determine which products hold up best under real world traffic conditions.
The manufacturers themselves are paying for the materials and doing the work to lay down the stripes. AASHTO is collecting the data, and the WVDOH is providing the road.
The WVDOH will be placing signs alerting motorists before they reach the test stripes.
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