MAIN HIGHWAYS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2911, 18 July 1925, Page 2

MAIN HIGHWAYS

AVORK IN THIS DISTRICT

FAST YEAR’S OPERATIONS

Following the conclusion of the annual meeting on Thursday of No. !) District Highways Council, the

chairman (Mr J. Hannah) releasi lor publication part of his anna, “ port on lh<‘ work done in the di: irict during the past. year, althoug previously lie had declined to pci mil publication. the section of the report hnnde

1 " ; l "Standard'’ representative wa

as follows: Milh regard to maintenance on the gazetted highways, on the whole this has been fairly well carried ,;l| t by the different local bodies concerned. Then* has been plenty "I maintenance metal provided and used, and repair dumps have been provided, (traders and drays have been list'd occasionally, but tin* dif-

dealty has been to impress on loea body engineers and overseers ilia ihe grading or dragging is not ; nice a month or two months job ml must lie almost continuous i he highways are to lie maintains a iinv thing - like the condition the 1 should lie.

N<> rons! ritciion work of ma<’iiiimlc has been undcrt a kdl |>y't lie diil’etciil counties in No. <) Highway 1 )islrid during tlit* year, as the'v !ia\v been busy planning their schemes so | lial provisional approVl *l could be obtained to enable liiem lo arrange for finance. Hint, iloiowbenua, Manawatu and Kailanya ronnlies have romplele sclioines approved and intend to make a Stan after the winter. Most of the necessary surveys repaired in conacelion with these schemes are well in hand, and in the ease of the llutt ( minty ]ior|ions have been sent in and dually approved for construction. The resolution passed at the meet in"; on 20th March, “that no existing highways lie deleted from the list of main highways at present,’' was duly forwarded to the I ’on rd. Ihe heavy floods in November ais( caused considerable extra maimctianee work—Hood damage in the case of highways being treated as maintenance .CL for £2. The bridge across lhe 'Manawatu river on Shannon-h oxton road was damaged, the Shannon land spans being washed away and hank eroded, leaving a gap of 100 feel. In order not to completely close tlie highway for trains, a punt has been installed, ponding decision as to the site for a new bridge. The Whirokino ieuglli of No. 1 highway between the bridge and Foxton was under water, and traffic bad to lie diverted round via Shannon. In June of this year another flood occurred, causing blocks on both roads and eroding more of the bank at Manawatu bridge.