Smith Flat Road Storm Drain & Paving Project

R.E.Y. Engineers was contracted with the City of Placerville to design the structural pavement section for the Smith Flat Road reconstruction project. They were looking to provide a costefficient design to service this critical collector road.

The initial design required costly over-excavation to construct the planned pavement section. The engineer reached out to Tensar for help developing a cost-reducing alternate pavement section using InterAx geogrid. Tensar was able to recommend a structural section that would reduce over-excavation and aggregate base material by 50% while increasing the original design traffic index to provide a longer lasting pavement.