USE OF GEOFIBRES IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IFITE ROAD AWKA ANAMBRA STATE,NIGERIA
Abstract
Roadsinfrastructurearethemostessentialcomponentforsocioeconomicdevelopmentofanycountry(MittalandShukla,2019).(Burnett,2011)opinedthattherearecountlessadvantagesassociatedwiththeconstructionofgoodroadnetworksparticularlywithintheconfinesofsocioeconomicandenvironmentalbenefits.Highwaypavementisanintegratedsystemcomprisingoflayersofsuperimposedprocessedmaterialsabovethenaturalcompactedsub-gradesoilwhichfunctionprimarilytodistributethewheelloadofvehicletothesupportingsoilinsuchawaythatthebearingcapacityofthesupportingsoilisnotexceeded(Kadeyali,1997).Pavementtypesrangesfromflexibletorigidtosemi-rigidandcompositepavement(Kadeyali,1997).
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