In the quest for innovative practices that might be applied in WA, three exciting research areas were explored for potential larger scale investigations.
Nanotechnology which resulted in a separate WARRIP research project to further explore the application of nanotechnology to pavement technology. Recycled plastic roads which led to a joint project with Queensland and their National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACOE) program. Lastly the project explored solar roads which has not directly resulted in a separate WARRIP project although some further research has been undertaken in luminescent line marking.