MAIN HIGHWAYS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40021, 9 November 1929, Page 3

MAIN HIGHWAYS.

AMOUNTS ESTIMATED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

Road construction in the vicinity of Wellington will receive a good deal of attention during the coming year, according to the Main Highways Board estimates recently released. The largest item on the Wellington-Manawatu highway is £10,000 to be spent on the Horo-kiwi-Paekakariki section, while £9,131 will be devoted to the ParemataWaikanae section. The road from Upper Hutt to Waikanae will have £4500 spent on it. Two other large allocations are £11,250 for the Sanson-Awahuri section and £13,200 for the Hima-tangi-Rangiotu section. In some instances the Highways Board bears the total cost of the construction, and in others the particular local body in whose territory the road is situated finds a proportion. DISTRICT ALLOCATIONS.

In the list of the district allocations for the No. 9 District published below, the amount to be expended on the portion of road is shown and the proportion required from the local body is stated in parenthesis.

Wellington-Auckland, via Taranaki. — Levin-Whirokino bridge, £5,500 (£3-£1); Foxton-Himatangi, £4848 (£2-£1). Foxton-Shannon. — Manawatu River bridge, £29 (free); Manawatu River bridge approach— Manawatu County, £300 (free); Shannon Borough, £20 (free); Horowhenua County, £80 (free); dismantling old bridge, £60 (free); Manawatu County Road formation, £420 (£1 1/2-£1); Horowhenua County (road formation), £50 (free); Horowhenua County (land compensation), £320 (free); paving Manawatu and Mangaore bridges, £10 (free); Shannon Borough, £50 (free); Shannon Borough (Sheehan Street), £190 (£2-£1).

Himatangi-Ashhurst, via Palmerston North. —Himatangi-Rangi-otu, £1300 (£3-£1); Burke’s Drain bridge, £357 (£2-£1); RangiotuLongburn, £3000 (£3-£1); Awapuni bridge, £903 (£2-£1); Bullocky Creek bridge, £44 (£2-£1).