Concern about bridges
Wellington reporter The bridging situation in many counties is of great concern to the National Roads Board, and they have been warned it could reach a crisis situation. A total of 182 county bridges are now subject to weight restrictions under the 1 Heavy Motor-vehicle Regulations, compared with 221 bridges a year ago. However, while some new bridges are on the restricted list, nine counties accounting for 66 bridges have com
’pletelx disappeared from the list. “It is hard to believe that a particular county, which had more than 40 restricted bridges a year ago, should now have none.” said the Director of Roadmg (Mr I A. Langbein). "Yet this is what the records show.” Restrictions had to be re--1 imposed after 12 months, otherwise they lapsed and were not enforceable A substantially greater input into county bridges uas needed, perhaps as much as 150 per cent over all, Mr I Langbein said.
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