“Tunnel control to M.O.T. or Council’
A Social Credit govern- [ ment would retain sufficient :of the present Lyttelton road tunnel staff for public safety Ito be maintained, said the [Social Credit candidate for. [Lyttelton, "Mrs L. Le B.! | Moore, yesterday. “1 wholeheartedly support) the rctad transport operators! who have already expressed their concern about the safe-1 ty of their drivers. When we consider that an average of! '141,000 vehicles pass! through monthly, with I break-downs averaging from 100 to 200 a month, public) safety is at stake,” she said. [ Spot patrolling was neces-1 [sary 24 hours a day. Ve-[ i hides more than 4.27m'
- (14ft) high had to be esl cor'ed and the tunnel had to ;be closed to other users .'when liquid petroleum gas rlwas being taken though it. . (Hazards could also be [created by fire, break downs [and people running out of upetrol or speeding. i Under Social Credit, the [supervision and admnis- : tration of the. lunnel would Ibe placed under the jurisdi.[cation of one authority, Mrs II Moore said. This would be heitherthe Ministry of 1 rans- : port or the Christchurch 'City Council. The costs of [maintaining staff for ths -[would be reimbursed by the iiGovernment, she said.
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