CAMBRIDGE-TAURANGA ROAD.
Whkn thp In-t grant was m:\deundcr the Road-, anil ISndges Construction Act, the sum granted foi budges was far in ddtaiicc (it that granted for roads, in the case nf the »bo\oroad the Piako Comity Council was enabled to erect all the bridges and cMlvcrts between Tnotanroa and Hinuera, but there was no money wherewith to construct the ro.id, the act requiring that .ill monoy gi anted for budget must be devoted to budges only. The bridge* have therefore boon standing for over twelve montlw, and theie being no road leading to them 01 .it k\i>t no appioaches thry have not been used. Tliusabout I'BOO worth ofgoodw oik has been ljing usp!e-s with the possibility of tlio bridges being burned d<m n in case the swamp or "cmb caught fiie. At the meetmg of the Piako County Council on Wednesday, tho matter was consideied, when the money €1008 granted under the Hoadsand Bridges Construction Act was being allocated. Among tho various ridings. Mr Sandes, county engineer, estimated that it would take £SOO to form tho road so a* to utilize the bridges, \fter some discussion it way agieorf that£7.)O out of the grant be allocated for this road, the «atne to be spent in small contracts, the engineer, Mr .Sandes, to have the work done immediately. The engineer was aNo instructed to have the rushes and scrub cleared from about tho biidgcs in order to save them fiom the possibility of hie. This work will make the road good between the Punga creek and the Hinuera plain, thus avoiding the Punga Hill and the Scotchman, which at present make traffic nn the old road so dangerous and difficult. It will be remembered that £'400 was placed on the Estimates for this road, but this, it is expected, will be spent beyond the Waihou. In the course of a few months theietoie, the Cambndgc-Taurancra road should be in a capital condition for all soits of traffic.
The excuse of the milkman : " Can't help it if the milk's thin ; cows are wariin' about in the water."
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1955, 17 January 1885, Page 3
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346CAMBRIDGE-TAURANGA ROAD. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1955, 17 January 1885, Page 3
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