LAST STAGE OF WORKS

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32720, 24 September 1971, Page 16

LAST STAGE OF WORKS

1 The construction of the 1 Cam River floodgates (in pici ture) just upstream of the t new bridge associated with ' the Northern Motorway sys- • terns, is well under way and i is expected to be completed > by late November. ■ Planned for flood control, the tender for the structure,

$88,447, was let by the North t Canterbury Catchment Board I to Burnett Industries (NX), s Ltd. The work is being un-1 dertaken by Wadey and | Efford, Ltd, of Rangiora, and i all steel supplied by Air-a work (NX), Ltd, Rangiora. i The river wks diverted to 1 a new bed and two coffer t dams built to protect the cen-1

tea! working area. Thirteenhundred tons of concrete have so far been used. The 18 feet by 11 and a half feet gates, steel-braced and ironreinforced, each weighing about five tons, each will be worked by two winches. They will be tested while the coffer dams are still in position and then the river will

be returned to its original bed. With the completion of this contract and the stopbank re- ■ construction carried out by ; the board at Kaiapoi during ! the last year or two, floodprotection was complete ex-, ceptfor some minor stop-1 banking, said a board spokesI man.