RANGITATA BRIDGE
SAFETY OF RAISED PLANKING. An echo of a motor accident which occurred last June, when a Chinese was killed and others injured when, as the result of a car crashing through the side of the Rangitata bridge in the early hours'of the morning, was heard yesterday when the Geraldine County Council discussed whether the raised longitudinal planking on the bridge constituted a danger, and decided that no danger existed for drivers who observed the speed limit. The Ashburton County Clerk (Mr G. Kelly) advised that the Council had (considered ithe Coroner’s ifejpprjt of the fatal accident which happened on the Rangitata traffic bridge early in June, and his recommendation that question whether the raised planking was a source of danger. The council was of opinion that the raised planking was not a source of danger if drivers of motor vehicles observed reasonable speed, and it therefore felt that the expenditure of' a large sum in extending the planking to the wheelguards was not necessary. Moreover, the provision of a traffic bridge at Baling would divert most of the through traffic from the present bridge. A report of the engineer of the Ashburton County Council was also enclosed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 20, 5 November 1935, Page 3
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199RANGITATA BRIDGE Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 20, 5 November 1935, Page 3
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