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Wed 07 Jul 2007NRA decides against '2+1' road designThe National Roads Authority has decided not to use a "2+1" road design for an upgrade of more than 850km of national roads.The system is designed to eradicate head-on crashes by providing overtaking lanes at 2km intervals in a bid to curb driver frustration and has been piloted on three national routes over the past two years.