Asphalt pavements will inevitably begin cracking and require maintenance to preserve an adequate level of service. However, preemptively sawing and sealing roads at prescribed locations can reduce cracking and improve maintenance predictability. To help the state’s transportation agencies better manage pavement deterioration, the Local Road Research Board sought to compare the performance of a lower-cost unmodified asphalt binder using the saw-and-seal method with that of a higher-cost polymer-modified asphalt binder without using saw and seal.