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IN Roads and Road Construction of May 1 it is stated that Marylebone Borough Highways Committee reports that Universal Rubber Paviours, Ltd., of Manchester, have offered to provide and lay, free of cost to the Council, approximately 300 square yards of a new type of rubber paving block. The Council has already approved of the renewal of the concrete foundation and wood paving in Duke Street (Wigmore Street to Edward's Mews) which is considered to be a suitable site for the rubber paving. Other alternatives have been considered, but as the paving is to be subjected to skidding and other tests by the Ministry of Transport, it is necessary for the whole width of the carriageway to be paved with rubber and the section of Duke Street in question is of the desired width and length for the tests. The acting borough engineer reports that the new type of block appears to be an improvement on those laid by the same Company in Allsop Place, by Clarence Gate, some six years ago. By accepting the offer, the Council will save approximately £400 on the provision of wood blocks for the section of the carriageway in question.
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New Type of Rubber Paving Block. Nature 145, 891 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145891c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145891c0