MOTORING PROGRESS.
ORDINARY ROADS ANTIQUATED. SPECIAL MOTORWAY PROPOSED. LONDON, March d. The development of commercial motor-' ing has reached a stage Avhen those interested consider the ordinary roads antiquated. The only solution is to have their own rdacls, like railways. Financiers have approached tlio Ministry of Transport Avith plans to build a motonvay from London to Birmingham fifty feet wide. No gradients are to be over one in forty. There are to be no speed limits, and any number ot trailers Avill be permitted. Tlxe total cost for/ninety miles of roadAvay, m'la"es building, and land purchased is estimated at £6,500.000. The promoters believe that transport charges Avould be reduced by 25 to 30 per cent. A tax on tonnage Avould. make the venture protitfible. Only motor vehicles Avould be allowed'' on the road, pedestrians particularly being barred. vehicles would be welcomed, for which the schedule speed would be 30 to 50 miles an hofir. It is quite feasible that the scheme Avould he extended later to Manchester and Liverpool—United Service. , '.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9635, 6 March 1923, Page 5
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170MOTORING PROGRESS. Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9635, 6 March 1923, Page 5
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