ROADS & BRIDGES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 August 1939, Page 5

ROADS & BRIDGES

VOTES FOR WAIRARAPA DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION & IMPROVEMENT WORK. PUBLIC WORKS ESTIMATES. (By Telegraph.) (Special to “Times-Age.") WELLINGTON, This Day. Votes for the construction, improvement, etc., of settlement roads and bridges, in respect Io the Wairarapa disiriet. appearing in this year’s Public Works estimates, are as follow (the amount expended lasi year, if any, being given in parentheses after this year’s rate) : — Masterton County: Fenemor's Road (on account) £250; Kiriwhakapapa Road Bridge (£1 for £1) £850; Mangarei Road (£1 for £1) £500; Miller’s Road Bridge (£1 for £1) (on account) £250; Ngaumu Bridge (protection, £1 for £1) £75 (£205); Tc Ore Ore Settlement Road Bridge (£1 for £1) (on account) £250; Waihora Road (access Taplin) £7O (£840); Waingawa Camp Road Bridge £1 for £1) £1345; Wainuiomapu Bridge No 1 (£1 for £1) £500; Wainuimopu Bridge No 2 (£1 for £1) £5OO.

Akitio County: Clark’s Creek Bridge (North Range Road) (£2 for £1) £500; Cunningham's Bridge (£1 for £1) £645 (£250); Huiaiti Road (£1 for £1) £2O (£125); Range Road £1,250 (£404); Spur Road (£1 for £1) £3O (£279); Waihi Valley Road (£1 for £1) £100; Waihoki Road (£2 for £1) £l,OOO (£299); Waipwaka Road (£1 for £1) £75 (£425).

Castlepoint County: Tinui to Pakowai (Temai Road) (£1 for £1) £150: Tinui Valley to Taniwha Road £4.670 (£3,805).

Eketahuna County: Hare's Road (£1 for £1) £1,025; North Road Bridge (£1 for £1) £l5O (£42); O’Neill’s Bridge (Nireaha to Hukanui Road) (£1 for £1) £400; Parkvale Central Road (Morris Culvert) (£1 for £1) £210; Priest's Road (£1 for £1) £100; Puketoi Road (£1 for £1) £250; Saunder’s Road (£1 for £1) £9O: Waihoki Valley Road (£1 lor £L £5O; Waitawhiti Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) £5OO.

Featherston County: Cape Palliser Road (£1 for £1) £315 (£93); Opuawe River Road (Tuturumuri to White Rock Road) (£3 for £1) (on account) £1,000; Poley Stream Bridge (Tuturumuri to White Rock Road) (£3 for £1) £1,200; Tuturumuri to Tora Road (£2 for £1) £1.300; Wainui-o-ru Bridge (£3 for £ll (on account) £1,000; Wainui-o-ru Road (£1 for £1), £l4O (£81). Pahiatua County; Ballance Factory Bridge (Pahiatua to Ballance Gorge Road) (£1 for £1) £1,370; Bolton’s Bridge (Tiraumea North Road) (£1 for £1) £985 (£30); Bones Bridge (Kohinui to Towai Road) (£1 for £1) £1,550; Corlett's Bridge (Ballance Valley Road) (£1 for £1) £810: Makairo and Waitakokoura Bridges (£1 for £1) £3,705 (£985); Mangaramarama Bridge (Tiraumea North Road) (£1 for £1) £B5O (£26): Oete Hill Road (£2 for £1) £370; Rouse’s Bridge (Valley Road) (£1 for £1) £4O (£418); Stoney Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) £540 (£18). Wairarapa South County: Tea Creek Bridge (£2 for £1) £800; Wainui-o-ru Bridge (Wainui-o-ru Valley Road) (£3 for £1) £3.300. MAIN HIGHWAYS VOTES FOR WAIRARAPA AREK< Votes in respect to main highways in the Wairarapa district are (expenditure last year given in parentheses): Construction, reconstruction and improvement £40,000 (£45,761): renewal £20.000 (£8.025); maintenance, repairs, etc, £39.000 (£38,389). OTHER ITEMS LANDS IMPROVEMENT & BUILDINGS. Waiohine River control (stopbank) £ll5 (£488); Waipoua River (protective works and bridge extension) (£1 for £1) £55 (£1.100): Waipoua River (flood control) (£1 for £1) £l2O. Pahiatua police station (residence) £1.600; P. and T. Department. Masterton. garage. £2.000. Tourist resorts: Mount Holdsworth hut (£1 for £1) £3O.