ROAD TO MILFORD.
PIERCING OF THE TUNNEL.
COMMENCEMENT IN OCTOBER.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DUNEDIN, this day. A visit to the Te Anau-Milford Road to determine the plant required for the tunnel piercing, which is to commence in October, was made this week by Messrs. Ball (district engineer, Public Works Department) and McLeod (the Department's chief mechanical enginee;-). Nearly all of the plant needed is in the possession of the Department, and arrangements are in train for its delivery in time. The forming of the road to the point where tunnelling will begin has been completed to a length of 59 miles 10 chains from Te Anau, with tion of a few culverts, the construction of which will take two weeks. A section ahead of the working party, three miles and a half in length, is now the subject of preparation, and it is expected that this section, bringing the road to the mouth of the tunnel, will be completed in September. The tunnel is to be lined at each end, and the rest will be through solid rock.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 158, 6 July 1935, Page 6
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