Show survey shows need for improvement of roads traffic surveys niada made by the state of 0 south carolina show that well over halt half the total traffic in the state was confined to about 0 per cent of the total mileage of public roads road in tho the state outside of the larger cities and towns it also showed allowed that tho the aver ago motor traffic on the improved roads or of the state highway system was about vehicles per day on a number of tho the principal highways the traffic exceeded 1000 vehicles per day and on a fow few short stretches this number was increased to 2000 based on those traffic counts made on various parts of the state highway system it was estimated that the iho total di distance stanco traveled by motor vehicles on the improved part of tho the state highway system was around miles from brom these it Is evident that the total cost of operating motor vehicles on the highways of the state pay may be greatly decreased by concentrating road improvement on the highways bearing the greatest amount of traffic it only a small change in the coot of motor vehicle operation la in effected by improving the roads and tests testa have definitely proved this fact then tho the improvement of the heavy roads will result in the greatest saving raving to tho highway using axing public for example ample ei a variation of only I 1 cent per mile in the cost of operating over improved roads when applied to the miles traveled on the state system during the year amounts to a sum which will moret than earn itself in the lower cost coat of operation and which la Is sufficient to make a vast difference in the condition of the roads it if applied to highway improvement |