Motorway homes surplus
Parliamentary reporter About $l2 million worth of' houses in Christchurch under a motorway designation are now surplus to motorway requirements. The 166 properties are all formerly residential. This “ information was given by the Minister of Works and Development (Mr Quigley) in Parliament yesterday Mr Quigley said that the surplus properties were being of in accordance with the Public Works Act. They would be available for sale to the public through the Housing Corporation provided that the former owners, where applicable, had not exercised their right to purchase them back, and they were not required for another public work. Comparative figures for other centres were: Whangarei, one property (non-resi-dential), $40,000; Auckland, 23 (11 residential). $566,000; New Plymouth, three (all residem tial), $130,000; and Wellington, 38 (35 residential), $2,400,000.
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Press, 30 April 1982, Page 1
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