What an interesting question. In two different parts of the world, there appears to be opposing views on whether roads help or hurt global warming and if this question needs to be considered a priority. France has recently pledged to terminate all new highway construction leaving the environmentalists ecstatic. While in a different part of the world, the Asian Highway is being developed. The Asian Highway is comprised of both new and upgraded roads spanning 140,000 kilometers and crisscrossing 32 countries from Southeast Asia to Central Asia. Critics complain of the cost of the road project identifying that the project will drain money from more environmentally friendly transport such as rail services.

What is your opinion? And does it change if you consider that roads may help relieve poverty as they allow access to education and health services more so then any other form of transport.

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