Road works as Army exercise
The construction of a bridge and road improvements will be undertaken by Army engineers when they are in camp in the Arthur’s Pass National Park next January. A meeting of the Malvern County Council was told yesterday that 1500 territorials would be in camp, and after an inspection, the Army had said it was preoared to carrv out engineering works as part of the exercise. These would include the construction of a vehicle bridge across the overflow stream of the Howdon River, thus improving ail-weather access, and the widening of road cuttings and the building up of boggy patches in the Poulter River region. The-council agreed to supply materials.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33609, 10 August 1974, Page 14
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114Road works as Army exercise Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33609, 10 August 1974, Page 14
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