Seeking to combat their urban heat island effect, which leads to significantly warmer temperatures in the during the summer months, the City of Antonio is taking the lead in Texas as being the first city in the state to test out cooler pavement. The University of Texas at San Antonio and the city will conduct a study on the small applied area in the city over the next several months and if proven successful, the city will invest in the material to start applying it to the most impacted neighborhoods, possibly by next fall.
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