BITUMEN ROAD COMPLAINTS.
WHAT IS THE CAUSE ? Inefficient Foundations Suggested.
In connection with the recent complaints regarding- the wearing of bitumen roads, it is wondered by some whether the roads in New Zealand are put down with a sufficiently firm foundation to ensure a g*ood even surface for the heavy traffic. In one instance, in the district the quality of the bitumen is blamed, while in connection with another the chains on motor cars is advanced as the main cause; but these opinions are necessarily conjectures,l as there is nothing definite on which to base these assumptions. The methods adopted overseas were briefly described by Mr. R. Hum-, phreys, who returned to Morrinsville last Week, after a visit to England ■ and Africa. His opinion was that the bitumen roads in this Dominion did not have sufficient foundations- and were therefore unable to bear the heavy traffic. In England, he said, the roads were put down to a thickness of between eighteen inches to two feet, and these, when well rolled and sealed, were able to carry very heavy traffic. He stated that in some cases seine of the foundations were made of concrete.
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Putaruru Press, Volume III, Issue 96, 27 August 1925, Page 5
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