RAILWAY CROSSINGS
. PROGRESS IN WORK OF ELIMINATION (press association telegram.) WELLINGTON, April 30. An outline of progress in the elimination of dangerous railway crossings was given by the Minister for Transport (the Hon. R. Semple) in an interview to-day. Of the 250 crossings selected for elimination on main highways, nine have been completed. 59 contracts have been let, and the work is in hand. Two tenders have been called, and proposals are ready for calling 10 more. Sixtyeight proposals are being prepared, and surveys and foundation investigations are in hand for 45, a total of 193. For 126 crossings elimination is by overbridge, 50 by highway deviation, and 17 by subway. , . - * The Minister said that this progress must be regarded as highly satisfactory considering the high pressure at which the officers under his control were working. , -' . ~ ■ Reinforced concrete has been adopted for overhead bridges, and except in special circumstances the minimum curve is 10 chains' radius with 500 feet vertical sight distances.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22081, 1 May 1937, Page 11
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