Throughout Scotland (and the rest of the world) the month of January is sometimes brightened by celebrating the national bard, Robert Burns. Born on 25 January 1759, this anniversary is a trigger for the tradition of Burns Suppers.
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Not many know that two verses by Robert Burns on highway maintenance were included in a speech by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at the opening of the Preston Bypass, Britain’s first motorway, in December 1958.
Epigram On Rough Roads
I'm now arrived - thanks to the gods!
Thro' pathways rough and muddy,
A certain sign that makin roads
Is no this people's study:
Altho' I'm not wi' Scripture cram'd,
I'm sure the Bible says
That heedless sinners shall be damn'd,
Unless they mend their ways.”
Robert Burns (1786)
More than 260 years later, we still find ourselves across the UK with a highway maintenance challenge.
Why not find out about CIHT's solution in 'Improving Local Highways'
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