KEEPING THE ROADS GOOD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16879, 18 June 1918, Page 7

KEEPING THE ROADS GOOD.

■ I Sir, Mr. Idv letter (in the matter . , of keeping the roads good, by urging the ; users to drive all over tho road instead of I always in one path, is good advice. Let I me suggest that the local bodies would j gain if they laid their metal thicker in i the centre part than on the odges, and | . blinded with soft rock instead of wet ; clay. Then when trimming new laid 1 metal throw the trimming.* into the cen- : tral horse, track instead of the wheel ruts, ;as is usually done. This would round up i the road so it would shed off the rain . instead of absorbing it. and also make the ' horses swing about of themselves, and so i harden the whole crown of the road. I i would also suggest that trees planted ! along the metal roads would extend the I life of the metal. It is dry weather, not I ! wet, that spoils metal roads. The shade . • keeps the binding from poing to dust. i Anyone who disbelieves in trees along ( I metal roads should look at the road I through my place. It is like an avenue I ' with both native and imported trees. It I ! is 15 years since it was metalled, and the , repairs have been nearly all needed where ! it gets most sun. Sam. A. Browne, | (,'levedon.