Governments should spend more money on railways rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

In some countries around the globe, governments spend a huge amount of money on building railways

instead

of

roads

. I completely disagree with

this

statement and believe that these funds should be allocated on

roads

. Railway construction has got to be stopped for several reasons.

Firstly

, it is much more expensive than building

roads

and requires a huge budget, time and manpower in order the be ready to use by the public.

Secondly

, the equipment and facilities that are being used for creating one, have not changed since the time they were invented.

Thus

, they pollute the air and are a threat to the environment.

Finally

, constructing a railway could get extremely dangerous.

Last

year, while the workers were trying to dig the terrain for the underground railway, the upper-level ground collapsed and killed and injured a few dozen underpaid people for the governments’ “vanity fair”. In my view,

this

money should be spent on

roads

instead

. Traffic is a major issue, especially in overpopulated cities

such

as Hong Kong or New York. With a decent and professional redesign, we could eighter repair or make better and well-placed

roads

to deal with traffic.

Roads

contain several ways of transportation. The point I am trying to make is,

roads

are being used by a vast variety of businesses and regular people; Truck drivers, “eco-friendly” bikers, Taxis and so on. In conclusion,

Roads

create jobs and are the central core of connection between people. I think, if the so-called “men in power” ever had the desire to make useful changes and upgrades to cities, they must concentrate on

roads

, not railways.