Three Millions for a Road
Where cornfields and cottages and mansions formerly stood 24 miles of a new highway are taking shape in Lancashire. In three years’ time one of the finest roads in England will run from Liverpool to Manchester. It will cost £3,000,000, is planned to cover 600 acres, and only about two miles of it are on the track of an existing road. At present the carriage-way is being made 40ft. wide with footpaths of 10ft., but when the need arises it can be paved to a full extent of 120 ft. Another feature is a circus, 240 ft. wide, laid out at every important crossing. Over 3 Obridges have to be built, so quarrymen in Wales and Derbyshire that steel-workers in Scotland and will have more to do.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6519, 7 April 1931, Page 7
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132Three Millions for a Road Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6519, 7 April 1931, Page 7
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