Uniformat G2010

Road surface, asphalt

Also called HCB surface, hot mix asphalt surface, wearing course

• Confidence C
• Version 0.1.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-21

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

Basis

• 20 years · Amherstburg: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, Appendix A: TCA Categories, Life Years, and Thresholds, p7 · “Infrastructure - Transportation - Asphalt Road Surface” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 35 years · Brockton: Policy F06-2009-03 Capital Asset Amortization, p2 · “Roads - Surface - Hot Mix - HCB” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Chapple: Schedule A - By-law 1873: Asset Useful Life - General Guidelines, p1 · “Roads Hard Surface - Asphalt” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Greater Madawaska: By-Law 21-2025 Tangible Capital Asset Policy (Finance Policy 4-02), p16 · “Roads - Asphalt Surface (HL4)” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Grey Highlands: By-law No. 2026-052, Tangible Capital Asset Policy A09-F-03, p10 · “Asphalt Road Surface” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Prince Edward: FIN-12 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p34 · “Roads - Surface - Paved - HCB” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Severn: By-law 2019-04, Corporate Policy Manual: Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Useful Life Guide, p402 · “Infrastructure - Roads - HCB Roads” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Trent Lakes: 5.17 Capital Asset Policy, p10 · “Roads - Asphalt (HCB)” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.

Open questions

• These are Ontario accounting lives from municipal capital asset policies, not planning or observed replacement data.
• No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.

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Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Road surface, asphalt, v0.1.0. https://unfinished.one/c/road-asphalt-surface/v/0.1.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_road_asphalt_surface_0_1_0,
  title = {Road surface, asphalt},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.1.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/road-asphalt-surface/v/0.1.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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