EAST COAST HIGHWAY
WIT AKATANE P'ROPOSA LS A meeting called by the Whakat-ane Chamber of Commerce -to consider the route cf the proposed East Coast m'ain highway as it affected Whaka-fane unanimously urged that the highway should cross the W-hakatane River by a now bridge nearer the Paper Mills, run across the tidal flats and parallel with Wh'-i kata tie's main street over the hills to Ohope Beach, and thence to Op itiki. Because of Wh'akiu'ane’s lack of direct rail 'connection an adequate highway was necessary, it was stated, and the road would also serve the traffic -to Ohope Beach, the present route having recently been the scene cf fatalities.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19390731.2.123
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20003, 31 July 1939, Page 7
Word Count
110EAST COAST HIGHWAY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20003, 31 July 1939, Page 7
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in