<p><p><figure id='attachment_1468' style='max-width:1014px' class='caption alignnone'><img class="wp-image-1468 size-full" src="https://www.geoinstitute.org/sites/default/files/geotech-tools-uploads/…; alt="Photograph showing an edge drain being placed along side a highway. The edge drain consists of a pipe inside a geosynthetic wrapping of granular materials." width="1014" height="677" /><figcaption class='caption-text'> Geotextile in pavement drainage. Photo courtesy of National Highway Institute)</figcaption></figure></p><p>Geosynthetics provide improvement of the pavement system by allowing or accelerating drainage of moisture or subsurface water move away from the system. Geosynthetics can be used under or along edges of pavements. Advantages include fast and easy placement, prevention of saturation of pavement system, and increased long-term performance. This technique is applicable to stabilization of the pavement working platform.</p><p>