A GREAT MOTORWAY.
INTERESTING PROPOSAL IN ENGLAND. London. March 4. The development of commercial, motoring has reached a stage when those interested consider ordinary roads antiquated. The only solution is to have their own roads like railways. Financiers have approached the Ministery of Transport with plans to build a motorway from London to Birmingham 50 feet wide with no gradient over one in forty and no speed limits, any number of trailers being permitted. The total cost for 90 miles of roadway, bridges, buildings and land purchase is estimated at £6,500,000. The promoters believe transport charges will be reduced by 25 to 30 per cent. A tax on tonnage would make the venture profitable. Only motor vehicles would be allowed on the road, pedestrians particularly being barred. Passenger vehicles would be welcomed, for which the schedule speed would be 30 to 50 miles an hour. It is quite feasible that the scheme would be extended later to Manchester an<l Liverpool.—(United Service).
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 70, 6 March 1923, Page 5
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161A GREAT MOTORWAY. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 70, 6 March 1923, Page 5
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