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road improvement

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meanings of roadand improvement


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road
noun[C or U]
uk /rəʊd/ us /roʊd/
a long, hard surface built for vehicles to ...
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improvement
noun[C or U]
uk /ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/ us /ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/
an occasion when something gets better or when you make ...
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Our perennial problem is the allocation of the money we have for roadimprovement to wherever it will do the most good.
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I am authorising pedestrian subways and footbridges in increasing numbers as part of roadimprovement schemes.
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People believed that they were being consulted about a localised roadimprovement scheme.
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Failing to carry out a roadimprovement to try to stop people using vehicles is a luddite approach.
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As a first stage, roadimprovement schemes will cost £147 million.
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I find it difficult to understand why practically every roadimprovement that is carried out always stops short at a bad bend.
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I believe that the proposal to finance comprehensive long-term programmes of roadimprovement by way of loan has much to commend it.
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And, speaking broadly, with the exception of the elimination of "black spots" all major roadimprovement has ceased.
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It would be of assistance to all those concerned with roadimprovement if they were enabled to inspect and study such an area.
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Some inconvenience to the motoring public is inevitable in all roadimprovement schemes but all possible measures are taken to keep it to the minimum.
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As regards the provinces, similar schemes of roadimprovement will be put in hand forthwith.
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The other two are required for the trunk roadimprovement scheme and consideration is being given to the possibility of letting them in the meantime.
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The development of motor vehicles in this country and the encouragement of roadimprovement have beer, of great advantage to him.
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For example, over £12 million worth of trunk and principal roadimprovement schemes are programmed or in preparation.
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A major roadimprovement would be very expensive and difficult to fit into the countryside.
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There is not enough money to go round to undertake these big roadimprovement schemes.
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The first point is, of course, roadimprovement and construction on a scale far vaster than is being undertaken at the present time.
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Contractors are not obliged to employ local labour, but in practice a large proportion of labour on any roadimprovement scheme is recruited locally.
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One of my noble friends related the example of the purchase of property for roadimprovement or road widening.
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