Chapter 5: General conclusions

Aesthetic treatment of primary roads

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An aspect of the problem which emerges from our studies as extremely important, but which we have not had the opportunity to study in detail, is the aesthetic design and landscaping of primary roads and interchanges. It is not only a matter of locating these roads with regard to broader considerations of environment, but of ensuring that they are intrinsically well designed. In this it is important to ensure that the designs take account of the manner in which the structures are viewed. The requirements of the ‘driver's eye view’ and the ‘pedestrian's eye view’ are quite different.