CHANNEL SILTING UP.
LYTTELTON HARBOUR PROBLEM.
(By Telecraph—Own Correspondent.)
CHRIS ICHURCII, Wednesday.
Although 1,000.000 tons of spoil has been taken out of Lyttelton Harbour during the past two years the channel is becoming shallower, reported the engineer to-day. Tho amount of spoil removed each year should deepen the channel by 3ft yearly, but the channel was silting up to that extent each year. What was taken out by the dredge' was a "mere fleabite*' compared with that brought back by the sea.
'llio board decided to obtain a report on the subject in six months' time, and then reclamation work on a large scale may be carried out.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 28, 2 February 1928, Page 8
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108CHANNEL SILTING UP. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 28, 2 February 1928, Page 8
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