gavriil

Incredibly, scientists have invented a highway that can be unrolled from the back of a lorry like carpet and folded up again when no longer needed. It could speed up the building of new roads and allow temporary lanes to be created quickly while old surfaces are being repaired.

The road-on-a-roll can be wrapped on to giant reels because the asphalt and stones that it consists of are held together by special plastic fibres. The surface is laid out and then 'ironed' on to the ground using a giant microwave machine. When the time comes to remove it, the same machine heats it up again, so it can be rolled back up.

John Stubbs, AA technology expert, explained: "The road surface quality can be consistently good because it's made in a factory and it could be laid in any weather, so speeding up the job." The surface has been tested on a busy motorway in Holland for the past 12 months and is now undergoing trials to see if HGVs damage it.

soopa

wtf

gavriil

Heheheh...

soopa

what are HGVs

BEETROOT

heavy goods vehicles

gavriil

No idea. Some English acronym.

All that is happening in England by the way.

BEETROOT

danny25

cusdaddy

ItalianStallion

thats very cool. i like it

SiGGy

Cool, I doubt we'll ever see it...

Union construction workers won't get to spend 1-2 years rebuilding a road... and backing up traffic


Cool stuff!

gavriil

One of the few things that I complain about this country is the road infrastructure. It used to be great in the 60s and even 70s but now it's just pathetic for the power and resrouces of this country.

It's not just the bad condition of the roads and bridges, but as you said, the fact that it takes FOR EVER to do ANYTHING on any road to any extend. All I see is lane blockers and separators and rarely see people working. And when I see people working, it's always a very few people compared to the size of the project. WTF!!! ?

ruski_RENAMED

I thought we had a few more months to go until April 1st.

gavriil

It's true...