Change & Change for the Better Are Two Different Things

Okay, what's up with replacing our roads with bricks!? BRICKS!!? Laaish!? Honestly! It's very noisy and very uncomfortable driving on it and it really doesn't do the cars justice. When this first started a while back I was told that it was because a member of the royal family bought the brick company so they wanted to "eymashoon" the product. Another story was that it was easier to remove and replace when maintenance is needed for the pipes. Personally I think the second is more likely. Nevertheless, which country makes roads out of bricks after the 16th century!?

Btw, what's the word for "gar" in English? Asphalt? Concrete? something else?