Talk:Dirt Road/@comment-4965376-20120328140017/@comment-1628491-20120328153318

Neither is the real purpose. The real purpose is to speed up your Haulers, so you can gather from more resources at the same Resource Depot. If you don't have roads down you will wind up having more active Haulers, meaning you're having more workers tied up with Resource production. With the roads, you can have a couple Depots where you only need one Hauler active, or where you need only two instead of three.

That's why you really want to get some roads for your Outpost. Every Depot doesn't need roads, but if you want to collect from two buildings then it's very helpful.