Specifications include, but are not limited to: Item 254 Pavement Planning This item shall consist of all labor, equipment, and material necessary for the removal of existing asphalt pavement. This pay item is intended for use at butt joints, concrete curb areas and areas of full pavement width planning (see details for each road). The Board will field verify locations and limits for Pavement Planning. Removal of the existing asphalt shall be accomplished by a down-cutting mode so as not to lift up the adjacent pavement that is to remain. Extreme care shall be given to the removal of pavement around manholes, inlets, boxes, etc. Pavement in these areas shall be removed by other means, as approved by the Board. Care shall be taken to keep stripped material from entering inlets. Material entering an inlet shall be removed at the Contractor’s expense. Item 401 Pavement Preparation This item shall consist of all labor, equipment, and incidental material needed to prepare the existing roadway surface prior to paving. The road surface shall be cleaned to the satisfaction of the Board or his inspector by sweeping, blowing, hand tools, scraper blade, or other method, until all dust, mud, clay lumps, vegetation, foreign matter, etc. are removed. Occasionally uneven or irregular roadway surfaces shall be leveled using Item 448 asphalt concrete and rolled with a steelwheeled mechanical roller approved by the Board. If necessary, some leveling may require the use of a mechanical paver as directed by the Board.