TINTED ROADS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1922, Page 6

TINTED ROADS.

j SURFACES MIKE HARD CHEESE ! FOR NIOTOIUSTs:.

! — ! I High roads witir. a surface like hard j i cheese, tinted to- harmonise with the j I prevailing colour of the surrounding j country. This rainbow vision of travel on the perfect road in the days to be was expatiated upon by Mr. D. Edwardo.; A.M.1.C.E.. surveyor of Bath', in dis-j cussing the vast field of invention open I to the highway engineer. ! Mr. Edwards' conditions of perfection j a re: — I A smooth, hard surface, tough bull | not glassy, a texture suggestive perhaps lof highly compressed rubber or very | hard cheese: J Fast, silky, and resilient in going, with jno hint of clinginess: dustless. noi.-eless, innocent of sun-glare, by reason of its restful colour; tinted, maybe in soft, dull, warm tones of grey, buff, rust red,' etc.. to harmonise with the tones of the surrounding landscape: a contrast with —as is now too often the case—a sunglared scar across the landscape, productive of irritation, myopia, and boredom. "The perfect road will he spacious, gently cambered, and green—verged' with corners of high visibility, the road surface at the corners being slightly banked for case of negotiation. "The hedges will he low enough to permit a view of the countryside, the first consideration of pleasure travelling. "Last but not least, the perfect road ■will be free from that bane of all reasonable motoring, the road hog."