Contents and Preliminary Pages

THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

AT THE INSTITUTION 13-15 NOVEMBER, 1957

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1958

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PREFACE

With congestion and accidents on the roads growing at an alarming rate, one of the major tasks of the civil engineer in the next decade or two will be to build new and to improve existing highways. It is important to the nation that the problems and considerations involved in this task should be fully understood and discussed by engineers, who must inevitably play the major part in their solution. The Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers therefore arranged a Conference on the Highway Needs of Great Britain to provide a forum for the discussion of these problems. The Conference was held at the Institution from 13-15 November, 1957, and was attended by more than 800 engineers, representatives of local authorities, and others whose responsibilities place them in positions to influence public opinion and policy on this great question. The Rt Hon. Harold Watkinson, M.P., Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, opened the Conference, and the Council wish to express their appreciation of the able manner in which he did so.