roads

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Required investments for the newcomers—in new roads, homes, hospitals and machinery—can hurt overall economic productivity, according to Manning, because that capital could have been used to better equip the existing population.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

"This is one of the very few roads in Betws-y-Coed where parking is not restricted," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

This pothole was merely one of more than a million that blight our roads.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Tesla reports 3.5 times fewer collisions on the Netherlands’ public roads.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

All told, more than two hundred miles of roads, fifteen miles of highway, two hundred homes, and forty-three bridges were ruined.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone