<p><p><figure id='attachment_1514' style='max-width:768px' class='caption alignnone'><img class="wp-image-1514 size-full" src="https://www.geoinstitute.org/sites/default/files/geotech-tools-uploads/…; alt="Photograph of base material being spread out over the top of a geotextile." width="768" height="576" /><figcaption class='caption-text'> Placement of base material on top of the geotextile. Photograph from www.tencate.com, courtesy of TenCate Geosynthetics North America</figcaption></figure></p><p>This technique improves roadway support over soft wet subgrades and improves performance of the base course materials by using a compacted gravel layer or granular layer in conjunction with non-biodegradable reinforcements such as wire mesh, fibers, geotextiles, geogrids, or geocomposites. Advantages include increasing the supporting capacity of subgrade soils, improving subsurface drainage, and increasing frost resistance. This technique is primarily applicable to stabilization of the working platform but may also be used on new embankments and embankment widening projects.</p><p>