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From CEDRIC MENTIPLAY The Shenandoah Saddle will have $75,000 spent on (seal extension as a result ofj (an additional SSM Government grant to the National (Roads Board. j Funds have been granted l j for the extension of seal, (intersection and safety' imIprovements, on State high-j 1 ways throughout New Zealand. Other reading districts in The Press” circulation area ■jto benefit are: U Main highways: No. 11 1 ■ district (Nelson-Marlbor-j'ough), seal extension Shenandoah Saddle, $75,000: ■‘Warwick and Wairau ’ Bridges, $21,000: No. 12 dis-j Strict (West Coast), seal ex- [! tension of the Coast Road, 1 $50,000; bridge guardrails,!
$25,000; No. 14 district (central Canterbury), Rolleston ?:intersection, $18,000; Moori j house Avenue, $30,000; ‘northern arterial, $20,000; : No. 15 district (south | Canterbury), Timaru-Pareora ; widening. $20,000; seal ex- : | tension State highway 77 to . Dry Creek. $50,000 and Ashburton bridge repair, $15,000. I In addition, a further j S6.IM has been allocated to dthe Government's capital i works programme, specjiffically for architectural and engineering work in the 'construction industry. -' The money is part of an : SIIM total, marked for areas i of special requirement. ■ | The additional funds are ■ to provide a measure of .'employment and a stimulus Jto the building industry.
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