TO AVOID SKIDS
Wire-Netting on Bridge Decking POSSIBLE USE IN H.B. COUNTY * With a vjew to eliminating the risk jf slddding on bridges the Hawke's 3a,y CoUnty Council yesterday instructed ,ts engineer, Mr R. Puflett, to report >n the advisability of laying wire-net-biilg pn the decking as had been oarried >ut on numerous bridges in other parts jf New Zealand. The matfcer came befox'o the eonnoil ivhen the Public Works Department approved of the surfacing of the Farnlon bridge. Mr M. S. Chambers pointed out tlmt in other counties the danger of skidding an bridges had been etfectively over3ome by the iaying of wire-netting on bhe -decking, The netting used was of small mesh and of heavy gauge and had l>een laid. on numerous bridges ^ and tiighways. It was in no way detrimenbal to stock, and it added a greater neasuro of safety to motorists. ^ The decking of a nuniber of bridges in the Hawke's Bay County required attention in this way. . , Mr R. Hatding, who agreed tvith Mr Chambers, said that wire-netting coveringB on several bridges he had travelled over were a decided improvement as far as safety 'was concerned, The council decided to obtain a report on the use of netting.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 174, 10 August 1937, Page 4
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