Crumb Rubber Road Surfacing Projects in Australia

ongoing implementation and routine delivery

Crumb rubber, produced from end-of-life tyres and blended into bitumen to create rubber-modified binders, is used in road surfacing across Australia. It offers engineering benefits such as improved elasticity, resistance to cracking, fatigue, oxidative ageing, and longer-lasting pavement service life. Recent projects in Western Australia and Queensland have demonstrated successful embedding of crumb rubber at scale through phased rollout, defined binder classes, and robust quality controls. The Australian Flexible Pavement Association has released a model specification to support routine delivery of crumb rubber asphalt for light to medium duty roads.