CHEAPER ROAD MARKING
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W tVLIJ.Mj LU.\, .XOV. .). OnliM's luive been phu-ed tihroad b\ tlie Aliiin Jliglnvays Boaid for a speeia type oi re Hector wliicli will be tested out as a iuarker for central lines of roads instead of the present wliite lines Tliongh its initial cost would be lieaviei there would be praeticallv no niainteiianee. tnaking it niuch ehea])er in opera tion with a life of three or four ycar.or even more. The refleetor is a little white jirisniatic ntirror set in metal along the centre line of the road. Tests will Iirst be made with these refleetor011 the highways near Auckland and Wellington and in tlie busy districts of tlie South Island. FiXperiments are being made in Eng6 land with a new plastie marker which is expected to have a life' of more than 12 months and to be mueh cheaper than the paint marking of main higlnvays which, in New Zealand, with the white !incs for traffic safety, is now costing between £40 aud £50 a mile eacli ycar. Tn localities where the weur on the road surface is particularlv lieavv the ex penditure exceeds £1 a Aveek for each mile.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 November 1946, Page 5
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198CHEAPER ROAD MARKING Chronicle (Levin), 6 November 1946, Page 5
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