Atlanta tests recycled rubber asphalt for World Cup

Atlanta is moving quickly to get its streets ready for next summer’s FIFA World Cup, and a new pilot project downtown is testing a type of pavement the city has never used before. With the first match in Atlanta now less than 210 days away, crews are resurfacing a third of a mile along Ellis Street between Peachtree Street and Piedmont Avenue using a rubber-modified asphalt mix that incorporates recycled tires.