We piloted Concrete Canvas along Ezra Taylor Road between Vidalia and Lyons, GA with Toombs County to stabilize an eroding roadside ditch. It let us shore up the channel quickly without building forms, closing lanes for long stretches, or hauling in full concrete crews.

Concrete Canvas is a geosynthetic cementitious composite mat - essentially concrete on a roll - that hydrates and cures in place. It seats to the existing grade, manages runoff, and meets the durability expectations we see on GDOT-style work while keeping the project moving.

• Installs fast with smaller crews and minimal traffic disruption.
• Controls erosion and flow in high-runoff ditches and tight rights-of-way.
• Delivers a clean, consistent lining without heavy formwork.

We sequenced panels down the ditch, overlapped and anchored seams, and hydrated the material so it cured into a thin concrete lining. The result is a stable, low-maintenance channel that protects the roadway and shoulders - another way we are Growing Georgia.

We will keep monitoring this pilot through Georgia rain events and compare performance against poured concrete and other ESC measures for future GDOT and county work.