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black·top

(blăk′tŏp′)

A bituminous material, such as asphalt, used to pave roads.

tr.v. black·topped, black·top·ping, black·tops

To pave with a bituminous material.

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blacktopping - a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock

blacktop

paving, paving material, pavement - material used to pave an area

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If we go through the newspapers and if we see in Kathmandu, we find that the people are too busy to speed up the development works, especially in blacktopping and repairing the roads.

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The other approved proved included Upgradation of football ground at Qayyum Stadium Peshawar, Provision of additional and missing facilities in government colleges of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Phase-II), Design and Construction of Roads and street pavements a) Kunda Topi b) Gar Mergoz c) Zarobi Topi, d) Zaida Kaddi, e) Marghuz Yousafi Swabi, Construction and Blacktopping of roads in District Bajaur, Rehabilitation of existing blacktopped roads in District Bajaur, Construction and Blacktopping of roads from Sher Khel to Serai Kandow upto Dars Masjid (10.5 Km) and Sarzai to Sangagra Balance Portion (2.5 Km) in Terah, Khyber District (GD).

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Green Road will collect plastic garbage from the landfill and towns within the Thromde and turn them into polymerized bitumen, which will then be mixed with other substances and use for blacktopping. According to the PhuentsholingThrompon, Uttar Kumar Rai, having difficulty in managing the landfill, the Thromde has chosen Green Roads for the project which is expected to have mutual benefit.

Green Road to use plastic waste from Thromde's landfill in Toribar

SHANGLA -- Provincial minister for information, excise and taxation Shaukat Ali Yousafzai has claimed that the government has approved blacktopping of roads and construction of bridges in Shangla district, and will soon call the tenders of the projects.

Shangla roads to be blacktopped: minister

CHITRAL -- After a long wait for Garam Chishma dwellers, the blacktopping of lone road leading towards the area was finally inaugurated by MPA Chitral Saleem Khan by unveiling the plaque and properly initiating the construction work on this project of prime importance.

MPA inaugurates blacktopping of Garam Chishma road

Obaidullah Khan while rejecting blacktopping of the millions cost 14 kilometer road in Chaghorzai from Faiza to Shaheeda Sar has directed the concerned contractor and officers of communication and works department to blacktop the roads again as the blacktop materials were used during winter seasons while as per standard formula it should be used during summer season for long time results.