CLEARING RIVER
A FINAL AGREEMENT SOUGHT. MINISTER TO MAKE VISIT. One of the major engineering works to be undertaken in the Ashburton district will be started if a final arrangement between the Ashburton County Council and the Government on the proposed cleaning and straightening of the Ashburton .riverbed is reached when the Hon. H. T. Armstrong (Minister for Labour) meets members of the Council in Ashburton on Fi-iday next
week. The work has been under consideration for some time. It will be carried out by the Public Works Department under the direction of Mr T. G. Beck, resident Public Works Engineer at Tern uka. The Avork has been discussed betAveen the Government and the Council previously, but no decision has been arrived at, although it Avas agreed that the Public Works Department should do the Avork. At the discussion betAveen the Minister and the Council on Friday next it is hoped to complete the financial arrangements.
Grave concern has been felt in recent years during floods in the river far the safety of low-lying land, particularly toward Tinwald. The control scheme Avill, it is hoped, relieve a great deal of the flood pressure by shortening the channel and clearing tho bed of scrub
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 90, 26 January 1938, Page 2
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