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AUTHORITIES having control of highways have now to consider the problem of road construction and maintenance from a new point of view in consequence of the conditions of modern traffic. The problem is an acute one everywhere, and various solutions of it have been put forward by highway engineers. Evidence of expert as to the causes of the increased wear and tear of roads and their opinions as to remedies will be found in the report of the important conference on roads, held last year at the Institution of Civil Engineers, and also in various publications of the Roads Improvement Association and the Royal Automobile Club. The subjoined extracts from these publications, and summaries of papers, provide the essence of a large amount of-evidence given by road engineers before several conferences and associations upon important questions relating to roads.
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The Maintenance and Administration of Roads . Nature 84, 160–163 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084160b0
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