Sealing of shoulders
The National Roads Board has eased its policy on the sealing of State highways in built-up areas. An area of up to three metres beyond the highway edge-line can now be esaled from Roads Board funds after the need for a sealing extension has been established.
Previously, the board’s policy in built-up areas was to sea) a road width sufficient for the needs of traffic and to construct 10ft metal shoulders.
Recent tours by the board had shown there was a need for road shoulders on the outskirts of towns to be sealed, said the director of reading (Mr F. A. Langbeing). Maintenance costs of road shoulders were often reduced by sealing, he said.
Athletics. — R. Middleton (Britain* set three world records In London for eight hours walking (85.617 km for 40 miles (shr 56min 29sec), and for 50 miles (7hr 31min 6sec). Golf.—A. Jacklin (Britain* won the Texaco Pro-Am golf tournament at Turnberry, Scotland, with a 36-hole total of 134.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33653, 1 October 1974, Page 18
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