Widening, Repaving Winds Down On Okeechobee Blvd. In West Palm Beach July 10, 2010April 1, 2016 (Photos by Carl Thiemann) Paver Operator David Peach, Lead Man Fernando Reis, Asphalt Raker Charles Brown and other members of a Ranger Construction night shift asphalt crew lay the final lift of pavement on Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach, FL, as part of a two-year, $30 million contract to widen and resurface 4.5 miles of the busy roadway. The project involves using a Shuttle Buggy (material transfer vehicle) to continuously feed hot-mix asphalt to the hopper attached at the front of the paver, enabling the crew to lay longer stretches of pavement at a time for the smoothest results. Javoskia “Vot” Holmes operates a Shuttle Buggy to keep a hopper attached to the front of the paving machine filled with hot-mix asphalt. Bryan Norris guides a dump truck delivering asphalt to the bin of the Shuttle Buggy.