Submersible Matting System

A submersible matting (SUBMAT) for supporting vehicles moving over soft soils, comprising:

• a rectangular geotextile mattress having a top and a bottom, and sealed about a perimeter to define an interior mattress filling space;
• one or more interior baffle in the mattress extending in a longitudinal direction, the one or more interior baffle creating two or more longitudinal tube sections within the mattress;
• at least two scour tubes positioned longitudinally along a periphery of the mattress, each scour tube being sealed to define an interior scour tube filling space,
• an outer textile layer covering at least a portion of the top of the mattress;
• a plurality of fill points spaced at intervals along the mattress, each fill point providing an opening in the mattress and into the mattress filling space;
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• a plurality of fill points spaced at intervals along each scour tube, each fill point providing an opening in the scour tube and into the scour tube filling space.