LEVEL CROSSINGS.
TIIK GOVERNMENT'S POLICY. ifFRSS ASSOCIATION tfcUSORAM.) AUCKLAND, February 6. The policy of the Government in coil nexion with the elimination of, railway level crossings was briefly stated by the Acting-Minister for Railways, the Hon. Mr Kolleston, yesterday, when ho opened tho new overhead bridgo at Newmarket. This bridge eliminates a dangerous level crossing, and the cost has been divided between the Government and the Newmarket Borough Council, the Government CrCcting tho bridge, and tho Council constructing the approaches. The Minister said the only method Of doing away with the danger of level crossings was to eliminate the Crossings themselves. The policy Of his Department was to mftko level crossings reasonably safe for pedestrians and motorists, but it Was impossible to make any crossing safe for CarCICBS persons. Local bodies had a responsibility as well as the Government, and where the Council, as in the caso of Newmarket, proved it was willing to nssist, the Government would do all it could to bear tho cost of erecting ovCroridges.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18919, 7 February 1927, Page 8
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169LEVEL CROSSINGS. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18919, 7 February 1927, Page 8
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