ACPA Quarter 1 2019

www.acpa.org Quarter 1, 2019 7 Award Recognizes Village for Major Milestone Village Paves 100% of Roads with Concrete By Sheryl S. Jackson for the American Concrete Pavement Association IT IS REMARKABLE TO FIND A TOWN, village or city that commits to paving all of its roads with concrete, but that is exactly what the Vil- lage of Kimberly, Wisc., did more than 30 years ago when it developed a plan to repave or reconstruct 100% of all roads in the village with concrete pavement. ACPA recognized the Village of Kimberly as the 2018 recipient of the Harold J. Halm Presidential Award, one of ACPA’s most prestigious honors. Named in honor of ACPA’s first President, the award was first presented in 1994 and is presented to individuals or organizations worthy of recognition for distinguished achievement. The Village of Kimberly becomes only the 13th recipient of this award, which has been presented selectively 1994. This is only the second time the award has been presented to an owner/agency in Wisconsin. This award will include a specially commissioned painting depicting one of the concrete streets in the Village, which is home to 6,679 residents. Kimberly is located in Outagamie County, east of Appleton. ACPA recognized the Village for achieving the remarkable milestone of 100% concrete roads. This achievement reflects the Village adminis- tration’s long-standing policy to build streets and roads to last, and to pass along these benefits to the taxpayers through quality pavements, lower street maintenance costs and a better quality of life through other village services. “This policy represents a very responsible approach to governing the village’s infrastructure, finances and an ideal to which large and small cities across the United States can look to as a positive example of how to be a responsible steward of the public’s resources and trust,” says ACPA President & CEO Gerald F. Voigt, P.E. “This is a remarkable milestone of national significance to the concrete pavement industry.” The story of the 100% concrete road strategy began in the mid-1980s when the village announced the repaving of asphalt streets had been placed just 20 years earlier. Because village residents are assessed the F R O M T H E continues on page 8 »