Ministry Report – Roads & Thoroughfares
INVERNESS — The Ministry of Roads & Thoroughfares this week issued its long-awaited report on the uneven nature of cobblestones throughout the Kingdom’s main carriageways. The findings were stark: nearly 37% of provincial roads fail to meet the Ministry’s “acceptable bump” standards, leading to an increase in wagon wheel repairs and the occasional spilled barrel of ale.
Minister Cuthbert Stoneferry announced new regulations requiring all cobblestones to be hewn within a tolerance of “one thumb’s breadth” to ensure smoother travel. Local masons have already petitioned for an extension, citing “the natural irregularity of rocks.”
The Ministry has further allocated funding for experimental tar-stone binding in Lower Haddlesby, though critics warn it may create “unnaturally fast carriages.”