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Maintenance resealing of Thames-Paeroa State Highway consisted of a 2 miles 55 chains length in the Thames County and a 15 chains length in the Paeroa Borough. Two miles forty-eight chains of resealing were carried out in Ohinemuri County section on the Paeroa-Whakatane State Highway. The Hamilton-Paeroa State Highway has had plant-mix paving placed on 1 mile 45 chains in Morrinsville Borough and 1 mile 78 chains immediately south of the borough. Road-oil resealing was carried out with lengths of 4 miles 69 chains in Waikato County, 68 chains in Piako County, and 2 miles 18 chains in Ohinemuri County. On the major improvement works carried out on the Hamilton-Cambridge section of the Hamilton-Rotorua State Highway, the remaining length of 2 miles 72 chains has been primed. The road-oil seal coat was extended a further 5 miles 36 chains. Owing to shortage of sealing-chips it was not possible to complete the full length, and 3 miles 49 chains of primed works remain to be covered by road-oil sealing next year. On the Mamaku section of this State highway, 5 miles 30 chains of resealing was carried out. Again, owing to shortage of chips, a 60 chains length to complete the closure had to be left. A 3 miles 1 chain length of top-course strengthening and tar dust-laying seal has been completed on the Te Kuiti - National Park State Highway. On the Thames-Coromandel State Highway, 2 miles 59 chains of dust-laying seal coat were applied in the Thames County section. This gives a continuous dustless surface of 8 miles between Thames and Waiomu. On the Coromandel length an old timber bridge collapsed and was replaced by a single 35 ft. span temporary bridge of rolled-steel joists and timber deck, with a traffic width of 12 ft. A dust-laying seal coat was placed on 16 chains of the Tapu-Kaimarama State Highway at Coroglen. On the same highway two old timber bridges were replaced by a concrete box culvert, 10 ft. 6 in. by 7 ft., and a pipe culvert. Realignment of 15 chains and 6 chains of stream diversion were also completed. On the Tauranga-Pairere State Highway a further 1 mile 20 chains of dust-laying seal were applied on a strengthened base. One mile six chains of formation and base-course metalling have been completed and 22 chains of dust-laying seal have been placed in Te Hoe Township on the OhinewaiTahuna highway, while 1 mile 14 chains were resealed in Piako County. One mile ten chains of maintenance sealing were completed in Piako County on the Te Aroha - Waharoa highway, while on the Kihikihi-Arapuni-Putaruru highway 1 mile was resealed in Waipa County. On the Ohinemuri County sections of the Hikutaia-Netherton highway a further 36 chains received a dust-laying seal coat, making a total of 1 mile 16 chains on this highway. On the Te Awamutu - Cambridge highway 50 chains in the Leamington Town District have received a road-oil seal, and in the Waipa County the final 2 miles 67 chains of the 4 miles 73 chains of reconstructed work have received a dust-laying seal. On the same highway the high-level bridge over the Waikato River in the Cambridge Borough has had structural repairs carried out to steelwork and the deck renewed. On the Ngaruawahia-Waingaro highway continuous reconstruction of 50 chains in the Ngaruawahia Borough and 40 chains in the Raglan County have been completed to formation stage. In Waikato County on the Cambridge-Eureka highway a length of 1 mile was reconstructed and 3 miles 7 chains were resealed. On the Otorohanga-Honikiwi highway 53 chains of formation and base-course metalling have been carried out. One mile of base and top-course metalling, followed by road-oil sealing, has been completed on the Te Kauwhata - Waitakaruru highway.

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