Faulty design claim
PA Wellington: The multi-million dollar Mangere Bridge project in Auckland suffered from serious structural design problems, said the member of] Parliament for Onehunga, Mr! F. Rogers (Labour), in Parlia-I ment ! Assertions that work on] the bridge had stopped solely] because of industrial prob-] lems were just convenient fori the Government, he said. I He asked the Minister of] Works (Mr W. L. Young) to! deny that there were major! structural problems in the! bridge’s design, that the deck joint hinges providing for expansion -J contrac-] tion had proved faulty, and
i: that technical assistance] from Italy had to be sought; ■]to solve the “problems.” 11 Mr Rogers said he w'as not! ■ blaming the main contractor! •(on the bridge project for the (faults. •I If the Minister could f ■(agree that the claims put!* (forward were not correct, then the Government should T ■(call a compulsory conference! 1 ' -Ito get work started on the; -(bridge again. ( Mr Rogers said the tax- r f! payer was still having to foot >(the bill for the contractor 11 [■(while work stopped, and he c >! wanted to know how much s ; this was costing. i The delays could be tying a - up SI2M or more of tax- d 1 payers’ money, he said. ————| c
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