The earlier papers (March and April 2007 issues of MMTI) published by the authors have stressed on the possibilities of application of geotextiles in pavement overlay applications to improve service life of roads. It has been identified that geotextiles can be used in the subgrade, at the pavement overlay or at the surface overlay to increase the service life of roads. This paper presents a report on the actual pavement overlay geotextile material designed and developed by SASMIRA and field trial of the same at a prominent location in Mumbai.
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