METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAYING ROADWAY MATERIALS

摘要

The invention relates to the laying of roadway materials and in particular to the laying of relatively narrow sections of roadway materials, including road base materials and road surface materials such as asphalt. The invention has particular application in the renewal of relatively narrow sections of damaged or deteriorated asphalt in an existing roadway. The invention provides a method and apparatus for depositing a relatively narrow section of roadway material by a road paving machine which affords a significant reduction in time and labour requirements. The method includes the use of one or more guides (10a, 10b) in conjunction with a road paving machine, wherein the guides act to limit the width of material deposited by the road paving machine to less than the standard width of material deposited by the machine.