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Who will build the roads? The age old question. Roads are often considered to be too expensive to be able to be funded by private organizations. However many early roads were privately funded. There are also some modern examples.

Santa Cruz Vigilante Pothole Team

A group of citizens in Santa Cruz, California get tired of waiting for the government to fix potholes after heavy rainfall.

Paving For Pizza (Domino's)

Domino's offers grants to governments of select cities around the United States to repair potholes.

First New Hampshire Turnpike

The New Hampshire Turnpike System is, like most major roads in the United States today, operated by a government organization. However the first New Hampshire ...

Portland Anarchist Road Care

Portland Anarchist Road Care is a group of anarchists who engage in direct action by fixing potholes in streets in Portland, Oregon. It is a ...

Dashrath Manjhi - Carving a path through the hills

Dashrath Manjhi is a man in India who, from 1960 to 1982, is purported to have almost single-handedly carved a 360 foot long, 25 foot ...

Mike Will Build The Roads! A small private toll road is built in England.

In August of 2014, a 365 meter toll road was built between Bath and Bristol England, by the town of Kelston, to circumvent a segment ...

Stub Article: Kauai Residents don't wait for Government to fix Roads

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/09/hawaii.volunteers.repair/index.html?iref=topnews ...

Stub Article: Independent groups create bike and walking lanes without government permission

News http://grist.org/briefly/cyclists-and-walkers-are-building-their-own-bike-lanes-and-crosswalks/ Twitter accounts of groups https://twitter.com/PBOTrans https://twitter.com/SFMTrA ...

Stub Article: Fruit smugglers improve road near Russia-Belarus border

Fruit smugglers have improved a road between the Russia-Belarus border. Presumably they received no government assistance, being part of the black market. Thus, this is ...