Alternative strategy.

Many years ago I was clerk to a local council. One of the members was hell bent of having our road resurfaced. The road was not in particularly bad state of repair. Eventually, however, her wish was granted. The effect was immediate. The slight raising of the road level meant that her house now flooded regularly. The worst thing was now that we had a really smooth surface, and the road provided no need to slow down. In a 30mph zone the average speed went from 40mph to 60mph. The councilor sold her house and moved away. SO "improvement" is not always so. Whenever changes are made to roads near villages or towns, there should be traffic calming measures, and regular enforcement. One of the best ways of making that happen is to divert the funds raised from that to the bodies that raise the funds. Slowing traffic down would help our environment in many ways:- less emmissions,less accidents, safer for pedestrians, horse riders and cyclists less noise polution and much less wear on road surfaces. Damage to carriageways rises exponentially with speed. So traffic clming would make a big inroad to the funding gap. Speed bumps are not the answer BTW. They cause pollution as people slow for them and then speed away, all the while paying less attention to driving while they do it.