CHEAPER PERMANENT ROADS
USE OF OIL-SOAKED SURFACE f Per Press Association. J AUCKLAND. Nov. 30. Jlr A. D. Paterson, of Christchurch, j returned by the Aorangi after attending an International Road Conference iat Washington. The main object wa.-> jto find a cheaper form of permanent road construction. I The general opinion, said Mr Pater I son. was that oiled roads would bos: jmeet the case of rural districts unable |to spend targe sums. Oiled roads. wenI ordinary metalled roads soaked with oil in the process of scarifying. They gave an excellent dustless surface, and when they became corrugated they could be easily re-scarified and rolled. They were the cheapest type of roads possible.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 439, 3 December 1930, Page 12
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