Picton line costs $6M
Wellington reporter The cost of maintaining and upgrading the Christ-church-Picton railway line has almost doubled in the last five years, according to the Minister of Railways (Mr McLachlan). He was asked in Parliament what the costs had been over the last five years. The cost was $3.5 million in 1976-77, ?3.6M in 1977-78, $3.4M in 1978-79, $3.7M in 1979-80, and S6M in 1980-81, and the most recent figure included. SI.BM in capital works.
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Press, 25 June 1981, Page 8
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