Subject(s): Design and construction -- Dirt roads -- Maintenance and repair -- Soil roads -- Construction & maintenance -- Erosion on earth roads, soil conservation principles and road drainage, village/ market roads -- Water control and drainage methods : Practical considerations, shape of diversion banks, lead off drains, T lead off drains, drifts, splashes and culverts, precautions against silting, locating the road, selecting road line, traversing the road line, construction methods, construction of market roads, construction of village roads, construction of slashes, drifts and culverts -- Maintenance of village and market roads, rehabilitation of roads