Topic: A New Motorwav
For some Years now work has been in progress on a
new motorway connecting the heavily-populated
industrial Midlands to the holiday resorts on the
coasts of South-West England. The general increase
in traffic density, and in particular the mass migra-
tion of holiday-makers who flock to the south ever
July and August in search of a fortnight's peace at
the seaside, has strained the old road system beyond
its limits. Car drivers frequently have to endure
hours of waiting in long queues of vehicles before
finally crawling to their destinations.
Some sections of the new motorway are already
in use, and soon half of this much-needed stretch
of tarmac will be open to traffic. Before the end of
next year, the numerous construction gangs engaged
in this work will have completed the entire project;
and at last there will be peace for the inhabitants a
the countless villages and small towns along the
narrow, winding old roads. The new road will have
freed them for ever from the constant, deafening
roar of high-powered engines, and from the air
pollution caused by dense exhaust fumes.
The completion of the road will be a relief even
to the workmen. Some of them will have been work-
ing on the project for over seven years by the time
they have finished.
