CONCRETE ROADS IN ENGLAND.

Shannon News, 9 April 1925, Page 2

CONCRETE ROADS IN ENGLAND.

The use of reinforced concrete for public, highways is only now beginning - to come into vogue in England. The lead is being taken by the Surrev County Council, on the -advocacy o( its surveyor, Mr. W. P. Robinson. Plans have been made for the expenditure this year of f. 1,000,000 on roads and bridges, chiefly in concrete. Roadways in 'this material totalling 32 I miles have been authorised for construction in the country, and of this t length of four and a-half miles, between Reigate and Dorking, has been open to traffic for some. time. Two thoroughfares which, when completed, will greatly facilitate traffic are the Kingston and Sutton "by-passes," to give them their technical designation. The Kingston by-pass is a noteworthy undertaking, for, with its stretches totalling nearly 10 miles, it will be one of the longest concrete-surface roads in the country. It is an ambitious project, the estimated cost of which is £363,500. Though between fences the Kingston Road is 100 feet wide, only a centre carriageway 30 feet wide is beins constructed at present, a feature of the scheme being that, in the event of its being found necessary, two other side, roads for slow traffic could be laid out, still leaving ample space for footpaths. The Sutton Road is 4? miles long, 80 feet wide between fences, and, as in the case of the Kingston Road, a 30ft. carriageway of reinforced concrete is now well advanced in construction. Its estimated cost is £204,000. .