MODERN ROADS
THE DAY OF THE MOTOR
AMERICA FAVOURS/CONCRETE.
, With heavy. motor-bus services covering two hundred miles daily, and rounding the well-graded curves of concrete ,rba,ds at a 'speed' of' up' to 40 • miles an hour', the motoring : developments of' the [^United States and. Canada .are of more passing interest to New Zealanders in general, remarks'the ,''New'Zealand .Herald." j As chairman of the Franklin County. Council, Mr. W. Claude Motion, who returned \to Auckland .by the rMarama. from . Sydney, after a long tour, abroad, ihade inquiries while in America- concerning roading methods for handling modern transport.' I-/'..The facilities provided on.'. : the Pacific |;C6ast in the form of main- concrete and bitumen, highways' have led,'stated Mr. 'Motion, to a. special development in .motor services. Fronii seven-seater tour-•-ihg.. cars; evolution has.- carried motor Services .to.- the, usd of big. char-a-bancs for_ distance, running. .These" vehicles maintained, ,extensive: services, running in some cases>up t0,200. miles a day in stages.'■ "'■ Theyr-'-were: :as '-comfortable ;as .trains;'"' ". ' ■■■'. ■'■'-: -: -.;)■■' .-■:.: • '■;■.; ■ ..-.
:' f.'For the mam./highwavs )^tracks. ; :lßff to 20ft wide.'have -been^laid-f 11 -continued : Mr.. Motion." "On'the/'-Pa'cific'Cp'ast/cori-, crete _is\favoured' 'and engineers .declare that it'alone wiir stand the strains'imposed. . All new construction work is being done in \ concrete,•" reinforced concrete;• ■ being used, in ... low-lying-: spots; where the foundation has not been consolidated, for any, period. In the easterri states, where the raw 'material is more readily available, bitumen is advocated by some ehijineers. but in the West and middle States the opinion seems established ,that only concrete will stand, the strain.'. After American, experience it can be seen-that New Zealand has a tremendous task ahead in, moderhisiricr her... roadin;; systems, but that it will pay by imp'royW domestic transport and. attracting outside tourists -is quite unquestionable." ' The strictness with which traffic regulations were enforced, added Mr. Motion, was noticeable on all American roads. In roundinir curves no car would dare "cut in," but would always keep to its proper side. On- many curves white centre lines were marked.
MODERN ROADS
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 6, 8 January 1925, Page 8
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