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A growing trend among pavement contractors and municipalities is maintaining surfaces during and after pavement projects, such as re-surfacing a street, driveway, or trails. These groups are looking to their compact equipment dealers to help them with a cost-effective solution to keep the area clean. One answer has been angle broom or sweeper attachments, which can be easily added or removed to an existing attachment carrier.

More and more, contractors are being asked — or even required by local legislation — to reduce the amount of dust generated during road construction, according to Greg Rostberg, Bobcat Company marketing manager.

"One way of dealing with this challenge is by attaching an angle broom on the front and integrating a water kit," says Rostberg.

Angle broom attachments, which are hydraulically driven, clear dirt, dried mud, light snow, and other debris from roadways, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, loading docks, and warehouses.

Keeping paving jobsites tidy
Jim Robinson founded Robinson Paving Inc. in Chantilly, VA, more than 20 years ago. Since then, the company, which specializes in asphalt driveways, trails, parking lots, tennis courts, and asphalt sealing, has grown to 35 employees.