PREVENTION OF FLOODING
PROTECTION OF DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN, February 29. Works setimatod; to cost .£617.538. are recommended,Jty. the commission of engineers sot tip .|),v the City Council and Otago Harbour Board to report on tile prevention ot Hooding, from the Water of Leith and its main tributary, Lindsay’s Creek. The engineers consider the , works above the residential areas too expensive in comparison with likely damage. Most of the work proposed is inside the boundaries of the city. If the wort, were to he carried out if would he a huge undertaking as deviations of both streams are recommended. The providing of sufficient waterway involves alteration or renewal of many bridges. The removal of two large and comparatively new structures is recommended, while the widening of the whole channel below the university is considered necessary It is nearly two veals since the engineers were instructed to prepare the report, which involved a tremendous amount of work.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1931, Page 3
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