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# Getting Smoother Roads: An Arizona Success Story

** [Tensar International](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/author/tensar-international) ** Aug 21, 2020

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What is the public's top priority for the highway system? Road smoothness. It turns out that smoother roads last longer, too. Arizona offered incentives to improve performance. Find out how and why it succeeded.

[Click here to learn more.](https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/99marapr/smoothie.cfm)

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