roadbuilding
noun
road·build·ing
ˈrōd-ˌbil-diŋ 
: the laying of usually paved roads
They envision mining the gravel for the next 30 years, and trucking it to asphalt and concrete plants for use in roadbuilding and construction projects …—
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Bass the activist has written editorials and articles about clear-cutting and roadbuilding in the Yaak, filed lawsuits against the USFS, and been arrested for civil disobedience multiple times, once in front of the White House.
—Alexis Marie Adams, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Also similar to defense, the roadbuilding process is very inefficient.
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
But there was a period in history where this material was mined for use as aggregate in roadbuilding and other construction, disrupting the natural process.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
The directive was designed to restrict roadbuilding, and by extension large-scale logging and mining, on 58 million acres in the country’s national forests.
—Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2022
In Haiti, Butler himself was responsible for institution of corvée labor for roadbuilding, which was an unpaid labor draft that was enforced with violence, including killing those who tried to escape.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
The deadline for public comments on a plan that would allow more mining, logging and roadbuilding in the forest is Tuesday.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Dec. 2019
Nash, who at the time blamed roadbuilding requirements and washouts that temporarily closed Oilwell Road, sued the borough.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2018
Outside of agriculture, Deere expanded its construction equipment unit last year with the acquisition of Wirtgen Group, a roadbuilding company, amid a global boom in building.
—Lydia Mulvany, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
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Alexis Marie Adams, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Also similar to defense, the roadbuilding process is very inefficient.
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
But there was a period in history where this material was mined for use as aggregate in roadbuilding and other construction, disrupting the natural process.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
The directive was designed to restrict roadbuilding, and by extension large-scale logging and mining, on 58 million acres in the country’s national forests.
—Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2022
In Haiti, Butler himself was responsible for institution of corvée labor for roadbuilding, which was an unpaid labor draft that was enforced with violence, including killing those who tried to escape.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
The deadline for public comments on a plan that would allow more mining, logging and roadbuilding in the forest is Tuesday.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Dec. 2019
Nash, who at the time blamed roadbuilding requirements and washouts that temporarily closed Oilwell Road, sued the borough.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2018
Outside of agriculture, Deere expanded its construction equipment unit last year with the acquisition of Wirtgen Group, a roadbuilding company, amid a global boom in building.
—Lydia Mulvany, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
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“Roadbuilding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadbuilding. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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