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Kegger-Plagued College Town Paves With Rubber

Iowa college town ditches concrete for more flexible solution

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(Newser) – Sloppy keg delivery has taken its toll on sidewalks in the Campustown area popular with Iowa State University students, the Ames Tribune reports—but officials aren’t cracking under the pressure. Instead, they’re installing rubber sidewalks to replace pavement battered by years of abuse from offloaded beer barrels. Made from recycled tires, the flexible sidewalks were originally designed to give way to meandering tree roots.

A rubber sidewalk made by California-based Rubbersidewalks Inc, which will supply Ames, Iowa, with its bouncy new walkway.
A rubber sidewalk made by California-based Rubbersidewalks Inc, which will supply Ames, Iowa, with its bouncy new walkway.   (Rubbersidewalks Inc)
Years of keg deliveries for area bars have severely damaged a stretch of sidewalk in Ames, home of Iowa State University. City officials have decided to replace the concrete with recycled rubber.
Years of keg deliveries for area bars have severely damaged a stretch of sidewalk in Ames, home of Iowa State University. City officials have decided to replace the concrete with recycled rubber.   (Shutterstock)
The Campustown area of Ames, home to Iowa State University, is getting rubber sidewalks to replace those torn up by keg deliveries to local bars.
The Campustown area of Ames, home to Iowa State University, is getting rubber sidewalks to replace those torn up by keg deliveries to local bars.   (AP Photo)
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The streets supervisor took a sledge hammer to it. And we've tried dropping a bucket of cold patch on it, too, trying to dent or break it. It didn't. - Corey Mellies, civil engineer for Ames' public works department

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