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1828md

Civil/Environmental
Apr 5, 2007
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What is lime treatment? When is it required? Is it expensive?
 
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Traffic usually reacts poorly when mixed with caustic chemicals. Try over in the Civil/Environmental Other Topics forum.

ALso, that's a pretty vague request. Are you reducing the acidity of your garden topsoil? Enjoying it with a little salt and a Dos Equis?

Sorry about the sarcasm. The baby was cranky last night.

"...students of traffic are beginning to realize the false economy of mechanically controlled traffic, and hand work by trained officers will again prevail." - Wm. Phelps Eno, ca. 1928

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Lime treatment (also called lime stabilization)is a method of soil modification to enhance the strength of a soft roadway subgrade. Lime (in apowder or slurry) is incorporated into the soil by disking. the soil is then compacted by rolling. It doesn't improve the long-term strength and it isn't effective with all soils, but in the short term it can provides the stability needed to install the pavement.
 
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