Major Work Completed
The deviation of the dangerous Snake Hill at Tikitere. which will shorten the Rotorua-Whakatavic highway by approximately 35 chains by eliminating a number of awkward bonds, lias been practically completed by the Public Works Department, and it is anticipated lhat a start will bo made shortly on the deviation on the south side of the bill, which will also reduce the length of the highway by 25 chains, A Diesel power shovel with a capacity of 800 yards per day is
engaged on the improvement of the road round the bluff at the southern end of the R'otoiti section of the route, and also a 12yd scoop drawn by a 95-horse-power tractor.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 18 September 1939, Page 5
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115Major Work Completed Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 18 September 1939, Page 5
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