ABSTRACT
Factors in the conflict that have adversely affected the railways are the greater flexibility, in regard to both route and service, of the motor vehicle, its independence of time-tables, and the facility it offers of door-to-door collection and delivery, with consequent reduction in handling charges and breakages. The possibilities of further and perhaps revolutionary improvements in mechanically propelled road vehicles, the use of cheaper and perhaps locally produced fuels and of improved technique in road construction and maintenance should not, however, be ignored. Expenditure on surveys, clearing, etc., should as far as possible be carried out so as to leave a permanent asset, and construction, however elementary, so that the work can be incorporated in future improvements without loss. The general location of the proposed road having been decided upon, work can commence on the cutting of trace, which will eventually, subject to slight revision necessitated by topographical conditions disclosed during the process, form the line of the proposed road. .
