▁rail ▁from ▁F rem ant le , ▁and ▁no ▁longer ▁prof itable ▁to ▁cart ▁goods ▁along ▁the ▁track ▁from ▁Es per ance ▁to ▁N ors eman . ▁ ▁Const ruction ▁The ▁newly ▁formed ▁Main ▁Ro ads ▁Board ▁took ▁over ▁control ▁and ▁maintenance ▁of ▁the ▁C ool g ard ie – Es per ance ▁route ▁and ▁twenty - one ▁other ▁important ▁roads ▁between ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁and ▁ 1 9 2 8 , ▁which ▁were ▁declared ▁" main ▁roads ". ▁To ▁increase ▁the ▁us ability ▁of ▁the ▁overall ▁main ▁road ▁network , ▁the ▁work ▁schedule ▁for ▁these ▁roads ▁prior it ised ▁the ▁worst ▁individual ▁segments , ▁rather ▁than ▁any ▁one ▁road . ▁The ▁C ool g ard ie ▁to ▁Es per ance ▁route ▁was ▁allocated ▁£ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁new ▁construction ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁year ▁of ▁these ▁arrang ements . ▁By ▁January ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁construction ▁had ▁comm enced ▁on ▁an ▁ ▁portion ▁north ▁of ▁Sal mon ▁G ums , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁col lo qu ial ly ▁known ▁as ▁" The ▁Gl ue ▁Pot ". ▁ ▁Const ruction ▁works ▁continued ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁years , ▁including ▁around ▁W id gi em ool tha ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁Sc add an ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁and ▁at ▁H igg ins ville ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁From ▁October ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁northern ▁end ▁and ▁southern ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁road ▁was ▁included ▁as