roading
- noun
- Australian
:
construcción de carreteras
- Its people built massive administrative centres, temples and extensive road and canal systems.
Examples
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The roading initiative aims to connect isolated communities with better transportation infrastructure.
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You know, you could repair the roads, build bridges, fix some bridges, right?
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Well people, I have figured out a way to add more roads to the neighbourhoods.
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He says we are engaged in full time engineering, busy building ourselves roads that lead somewhere, never mind where.
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You know, they're coming in doing big infrastructure projects just to gain bridges, roads, just to gain more influence.
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Numerous public works, bridges were built, canals were dug, roads were improved, and universities were funded.
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And they are, they're, they're building roads, but they're building the roads.
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Almost animata poetic as in the Irish humpers who built roads in the Arkansas Delta.
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The city council approved funding for a new roading project to improve access to the rural areas.
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After years of neglect, the government finally invested in roading repairs to ensure the safety of commuters.
Synonyms
5
2.8
Work to make or repair roads, like paving and preparing the ground
2
2.7
Work to build or fix a road that often slows traffic
Work on a road to repair, maintain, or build it
Compounds
How Extensive
823
2.0
89
4.2
- Australian
350
3.6
3
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
roading = road (semi-transparent) = road + ing
The derivation 'road' + '-ing' is clear, but the specific institutional/industry sense 'road construction or maintenance' is specialized and may be dialectal or professional.
Etymology
Roading comes from road 'way' and the ending -ing for an activity, and it is used to talk about the work of building, fixing, or keeping roads in good condition. That's why a city may fund 'roading' to improve traffic and safety.