CONCRETE ROADS.
The New authorities, both local and national ( states the Scientific American), are carefully studying the subject of good roads, realising that this is the best way to open up the hinterland of the Dominion. The roads of the country, in the main, are not in very good condition. There are some good stone rqads about the larger centres, but few of them extend out more than 25 to 30 miles. Their upkeep has been found very expensive, especially in the' northern part of the country, since the rainfall is heavy, and washouts are numerous because the stone used is soft and grinds up rapidly. Of late, much has been said in regard to the construction of concrete highways, and it is thought that this will he far cheaper in the long run than the stone roads as they are now constructed, for the reason that the upkeep will be so very greatly reduced. It is estimated that a mile of 12-foot concrete road 4 inches thick could be built in New Zealand for £4OO more than a mile of ordinary stone road, on which there would be a saving in upkeep for the first five years of at least £240, while at the end of ten years there would be a saving of £1,400 or £I,OOO.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19170123.2.17
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1665, 23 January 1917, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
218CONCRETE ROADS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1665, 23 January 1917, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.