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Describe the benefits of Roadways.

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(i) Roads need less capital than the railways. 

(ii) Road transport provides door-to-door service. 

(iii) The road transport provides flexible service to men and materials. 

(iv) Road transport is useful in small distances. 

(v) Road transport is helpful in production of perishable goods as it facilitates the distribution of perishable goods from point of production to point of consumption. 

(vi) Roads can negotiate higher gradients of slopes and as such can traverse mountains such as the Himalayas.

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