Road repair material

Abstract

A road repair material includes recycled stone from road planings, as part of a dry mix for combination with a binder at a location of use. The recycled stone may be in combination with reinforcing fibres and/or with freshly quarried stone. The dry mix is then mixed with a binder, preferably a cold curing aqueous bitumen emulsion and poured onto a roadway or pathway to provide a quick setting repair.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A road repair material comprising recycled road planings and reinforcing fibres in a dry mix.  
     
     
         2 . A road repair material according to  claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing fibres are glass fibres.  
     
     
         3 . A road repair material comprising a mixture of fresh quarried stone and recycled road planings, in the form of a dry mix.  
     
     
         4 . A road repair material according to  claim 3 , wherein there are equal quantities of the fresh quarried stone and the recycled road planings in said material.  
     
     
         5 . A method of repairing a road or pathway comprising 
 taking the road repair material according to  claim 1  in dry mix form, transporting it to a location of use;    there mixing it with a binder and agitating the resulting mixture to spread the binder over the surfaces of the stone and/or aggregate in the repair material, and    then pouring the material to allow it to set to form a repair on a roadway or pathway.    
     
     
         6 . A method according to  claim 5 , wherein the binder is an aqueous bitumen emulsion which sets without the application of heat.