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Tunipo Road (Pohangina County).—The clearing of slips and general repairs to this road over a length of 1 m. 20 ch. completed. Craigie Lea Road (Wairarapa South County).—l m. 20 ch. metalling completed. East Coast and Flat Point Road (Wairarapa South County). —Widening of corners over a length of 11 m. 40 ch. was carried out. Hayward's to Pahautanui, Pahautanui to Judgeford (Hutt County) .—7O ch. of this road was widened, surfaced with rotten rock, and rolled. Western Hutt Road (Hutt County).— 4 m. 56 ch. widened, surfaced with rock, and rolled. Tahapu Road (Makara County) .—3 m. 26 ch. widening completed. Connor's Creek Bridge (Marlborough County) .—This bridge, consisting of a 40 ft. rolled-steel-joist span on reinforced concrete abutments, with a 12 ft. roadway, completed during the year. Upper Opouri, No. 2 (Marlborough County) .—This road has been widened to 14 ft. throughout, and has received coating of metal 8 ft. wide. Necessary culverting has also been laid. Ronga Valley to Croixelles (Marlborough and Sounds Counties).— -6 m. of 12 ft. formation, with necessary culverts, has been completed as relief work. Blenheim _to Hope Junction via Tophouse. Tophouse to Hope Junction Section (Murohison County).—This section is now completed, and has been handed over to the county to maintain. Earthquake Damage (Murchison County) .—Extensive restoration work has been carried out under this item, the main roads benefited being :— Fern Flat Road.—l m. 20 ch. of 8 ft. track opened, and a birch" bridge' 74 ft. long constructed. Mangles Valley. —General repairs. Maruia (East Bank Road) .—Widening and removal of slips. Maruia Valley (West Bank Road).— 4 ft. track formed across Peacock's Flat to Glengarry Stream. s J Maruia River Bridge.—This bridge, consisting of a one 100 ft. truss, and one 18 ft., one 20 ft., one 22 ft. spans, with 10 ft. 6 in. roadway on timber piers with concrete foundations, is in hand. Matiri River Bridge.— Single suspension span of 198 ft. in hand. Glenroy Road. —General restoration work. Tiraumea Bridge.— Bo-ft.-truss span bridge under construction. Shenandoah Road. —Survey work completed. Rappahannock Road.— 3o-ft.-span bridge in birch timber completed. Gowan River Bridge.—Bridge consisting of three 30 ft., one 25 ft., and one 20 ft. spans constructed in birch timber over Gowan Eiver at Lake Rotoroa. Toi Flat. —4 ft. stock-track constructed across Toi Flat. Sandstone Creek Track. —Slips cleared. Howard Road.—A deviation 26-6 ch., 12 ft. formation, has been completed. Takaka Hill to Canaan (Takaka County).—l m. 26 ch., 6 ft. track, completed by relief workers Longford Road Bridge (Takaka County) .—This bridge, consisting of a one 30 ft. rolled-steel-joist span with a 10 ft. 6 in. roadway, together with 5 ch. of approach road, was completed during the year. Tarakohe Wharf Approaches (Takaka County) .—Approach track completed during the year consisted of 10 ch. of 16 ft. formation, and metalling 12 ft. wide over this length with clinker. A 19 ft. overbridge is in hand. Blenheim to Hope Junction via Tophouse (Waimea County) .—Woik on this section has now been completed, and the road has been handed over to the county to maintain. Korere-Tophouse Road (Waimea County).— Widening and general improvements have been carried out as a relief work over a length of 9 m. 32 ch. Riwaka-Sandy Bay Road (Waimea County) .—This road has been widened to a width of 12 ft for a distance of 7 m. 52 ch. Lyon's Bridge - Kelling Road (Waimea County).—This bridge, which consists of a one 40 ft. rolled-steel-joist span on mass-concrete abutments, is now in course of erection. Blackwater Bridge (Buller County).— This bridge, comprising six hard-wood spans, total length 150 ft., was erected on the Te Namu-Kongahu Road. Quinlan's Bridge (Buller County).—This rolled-steel-joist bridge, 480 ft. long, with pile piers and abutments, was erected on the Karamea-Collingwood Road, and 9 ch. of approach bank completed. Westport-Grey mouth Coast Road (Buller County) .—lmprovements, comprising concrete retainingwalls, culverting, metalling, and fencing dangerous portions of road, were carried out during the year. A bridge consisting of three truss spans, total length 278 ft., was erected over Fox's River. Backwater Creek Bridge (Grey County).—This rolled-steel-joist bridge on the Brunner-Blackball Road, 40 ft. long, was completed. Grey Valley to Maruia (Grey County).— sm. of 7 ft. track, together with 4m. of metalling, was completed by relief workers during the year. Grey Valley to Taramakau Road (Grey County) .—lmprovement to the access to the Rotomanu and Inchbonme Settlements was effected by the completion of the bridges over Camp Creek Deep Creek, Dry Creek, and Rough-and-Tumble Creek. ' Lake Brunner to Inchbonnie Road (Grey County).—2 m. 65 ch. of new formation and 2m. 9ch of metalling were completed during the year by relief workers. 136 ft. of culverts were laid and two 20 ft bridges erected. Haupiri Junction to Haupiri (Grey County).—3 m. 50 ch. of formation and Im. 62 ch. of metalling were carried out during the year by relief workers. 1,386 ft. of culverts were laid and a 22 ft. span bridge was erected.

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