Horse tails in new tarmac - Advice required please

Setts and cobbles, tarmac, asphalt, resin systems, concrete whether it's plain, patterned or stencilled, gravels, etc.
dig dug dan
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Post: # 65736Post dig dug dan

try again. i just modified it
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stopher
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Post: # 65738Post stopher

Thanks for the replies...in answer to Giles above, yes the horse tails were there before!
The original driveway was almost identical in shape to the top photo...it was herringbone block paved and was gradually sinking where I parked my car. The horse tails were concentrated in a small area, but there was a lot of them.

The Contractor was aware of them and knew I was bothered by them. He was confident that the application of the geotextile and the sub-base would hold them off for good!

By the way, the top photo is quite heavily sharpened in Photoshop which gives the impression that its undulated!

rab1
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Post: # 65745Post rab1

I could be wrong but I also thought "real" creosote was banned (the stuff made from coal dust).
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Post: # 65746Post rab1

Just looked at your link Dan, I stand corrected. :D
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bobbi o
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Post: # 65750Post bobbi o

the only solution to this is to treat evertime they appear and hope they may disappear after a few seasons. where the surface is damaged,heat with a gas torch and beat flat,or on a hot day beat flat only.

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