These pictures are of an experimental stabilization project on part of the new Highway 34 project east of Batavia. This project was paved 2 years ago. They have been having problems with the shoulders being very soft. They installed subdrains at the time of construction but they seem to never dry out and firm up. Since it has been opened to traffic they have had to pull 3 semis out of the shoulder as they bury themselves right up to the axles when they pull off on the shoulders. In early October, Virg and the crew went down and stabilized 4 sections with fly ash as test sections to correct this problem. If the results meet with Dot expectations they will let a larger project this winter to reconstruct the entire projects shoulders.