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This appeared in an 1895 pamphlet produced by OGRA and distributed by the Department of Agriculture. The pamphlet continued to discuss under-training,surface draining, tiling,location of sub-drains,outlets,bad drainage and frost, height of crown,etc. A Lambton County road crew working on the Sarnia Model Road In 1912. Financed in part by the Ontario government, such short stretches of "model" road symbolize early provincial-municipal cooperation in highway improvement. From its origins, the Good Roads movement lobbied for more bridges in Ontario. Pictured here is the new Lakeshore Road Bridge over the Credit River in Port Credit, 1918. From its origins, the Good Roads Movement lobbied for more bridges in Ontario. Pictured here is the new Lakeshore Road Bridge over the Credit River in Port Credit, 1918.

ROAD-MAKING In order to make and maintain a permanent roadway, two rules must be followed: 1. Take the water out. 2. Keep the water out. Residents greet the Good Roads Train as it pulls into town.This was part of an early twentieth century effort to spread information on road-building techniques. In southern Ontario, cars encountered more mud than rocks in spring and fall. Here, a driver battles a sea of mud near Port Credit in Peel County in 1917. Suburban communities wanted their roads to be as well constructed as those in the city. This photo shows street reconstruction in New Toronto in 1928.