THE ROAD UP-AHEAD: Missouri Is Transforming Historic Route 66 Into A Solar Roadway

Source – trueactivist.com

“…The Solar Roadways will be installed on Route 66 as part of Missouri’s Road to Tomorrow initiative. The ultimate aim of the initiative is to focus on improvements like incorporating renewable energy and smart highways”:

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Solar Roadways will soon replace asphalt on Route 66 in Missouri as the intelligent panels generate revenue and benefit the environment.

Credit: Solar Roadways

Credit: Solar Roadways

For years, eco-entrepreneurs Scott and Julie Brusaw have been developing solar panels that can replace asphalt and generate energy as cars drive over them. Not until recently, however, did their brilliant innovation gain traction in the U.S.

Now, officials are planning to renovate historic Route 66 in Missouri by replacing the road with the solar panels. Clean Technica reports that the Solar Roadways will be installed on Route 66 as part of Missouri’s Road to Tomorrow initiative. The ultimate aim of the initiative is to focus on improvements like incorporating renewable energy and smart highways.

Tom Blair, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) engineer who heads Road to Tomorrow, said:

“It gets Missouri and MoDOT prepared for 21st century innovations. We expect them to be in place, I’m hoping, by the end of this year, maybe before snow flies. If [Solar Roadway’s] version of the future is realistic, if we can make that happen, then roadways can begin paying for themselves.”

Blair hopes that renovating Route 66 results in other state officials improving their own roads with Solar Roadways. After all, the tempered-glass roads are intelligently designed and are capable of producing revenue.

He states:

“If [Solar Roadway’s] version of the future is realistic, if we can make that happen, then roadways can begin paying for themselves.”

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