TOPICAL READING.
NEW METHOD OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
A new method of road construction to cope with heavy traffic was laid before the Hawera County Council a few days ago by Mr Basliam (County engineer). He reminded councillors that all the wear on the roads occurred in the wheel tracks. The tracks were always well defined, and no matter how wide the road was the traffic still kept to the one track. In America, to. contend against this wear many miles of steel troughinor had been laid with marked success. iThe cost of the system in New Zealand was prohibitive, but Mr Bashavn thought the principle might be adopted in the Dominion if a cheap material could be substituted, and he had designed a concrete block which he thought would effectively take the place of the steel track. Mr Bashatn went on to sav that the cost of laying such tracks would range from £SOO to A"900 per mile.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9178, 29 August 1908, Page 4
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158TOPICAL READING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9178, 29 August 1908, Page 4
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