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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 8 (December 1, 1927)

Roading Ahead of National Need

Roading Ahead of National Need.

I believe the time has come to call a halt in the policy of road construction, at least till a general transport policy is evolved. I do not attack the roading policy or suggest that value has not been obtained for money spent-it may or may not have been-but this Dominion should not allow the pace in road construction to be set by comparison with other countries. England has probably about the same length of roads as New Zealand, but has forty times the population to pay for them. Sydney has about the same population as New Zealand, but less than onefortieth of the area to be served.

Let the roading policy be considered in relation to the rail-leave the main highways for a time and consider the backblocks, and the roads to and from the railways.