HIGHWAY SOUTH
WORK IN THE KING COUNTRY TAR-SEALING PROGRESS (Special to Times) TE KUITI, Friday Given reasonably fTne weather it, is ' hoped that the main New Plymouth road from the Seven Mile to Piopio will have the first coat of seal applied by March 31. and it is possible that , the second coat may be applied by I that time. On the hill on the main road immediately south of Te Kuiti, the for- , mation work has been practically j completed as far as the 65-chain peg. I and except when it interferes with j the workmen, traffic is being diverted on to the now road to the junction with the original formation. Halfway down the south side of the hill work is proceeding on the large cutting and filling. It is hoped that work on the hill will be completed by Easter. About three gentle curves cn the Te Kuiti side and one scarcely appreciable curve on the other side will replace a total of *2s bad corners In a mile, i When the construction is completed, a I nuarter of a mile will be saved. »
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20735, 20 February 1939, Page 9
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187HIGHWAY SOUTH Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20735, 20 February 1939, Page 9
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