When Tridon was first founded by Peter and his friends, good roads were far and few between. Peter knew, with a country as big and diverse as his, they would need to stay connected by good, solid roads. His first order of business (after securing a good army) was having the King's Roads built. These are the major roads between Houses and are now maintained by the Houses nearest them.
Each road is five wagon widths in width and cobbled for the most part (near Calabay crushed shells are used in some parts instead, since stone is hard to find in areas). Trees and brush are cleared from the road a good fifty feet on either side so no bandits can ambush travelers. (Ambushing thieves were a big problem at the start of the kingdom.)
Repairs are done by prisoners of crimes under the supervision of a patrol of knights and militia men. They are usually gone for several weeks, though fed well and given rest after a ten hour shift. Weeds are pulled from the road, cobbles repaired or replaced, the brush is cleared back and if there are runner stations along that stretch they are repaired as well.
In the time of the High King's Sword some of the roads are in disrepair. Some of this has to do with the fact there is no High King, thus no central government, to remind the Houses of their duties. Some is money. Several of the Houses are using their money to raise an army to become High King.
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