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Highway Chipseal (Oil & Stone) Novachip (Asphalt) • Benefits: Flexible, small cracks tend to • Benefits: Smoother, can last up to 20 years heal themselves, gives life to weathered with minimal maintenance, fast surfaces while protecting underlying base, application – open to traffic in minutes, no provides good traction, costs up to 30% loose stones less • Downsides: higher road temperature, • Downsides: Loose stones, oil on cars, raises road surface unless first milled snowplows scrape stones, needs to be down, prone to cracks, more expensive reapplied every 5-10 years 64