Ananova – Mills and Boon helps M6 toll road to stay intact
Engineers used 2,500,000 old Mills and Boon books in the building of the new M6 toll road.
Unsold copies of the books were shredded into a paste and added to a mixture of asphalt and Tarmac.
It’s intended to help prevent the road surface from splitting after heavy use.
(Link from Sore Eyes)
Jarvis Rail are denying rumours that the West Coast Mainline rebuilding has used pulped Labour and Conservative election manifestoes for the same purpose. But nobody will believe them….
