OVER £1,000,000

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 71, 16 December 1933, Page 11

OVER £1,000,000

Cost of Completing Line EAST COAST RAILWAY By Telegraph.—Press Association. Gisborne, December 15. A strong case in favour of the completion of the Gisborne railway is made apparent by the report of Mr. O. G. Thornton, Public Works Department engineer, who,was, by Government •onsent, employed by the local railway committee to prepare data and estimates in connection with the WaikokopuGisborne section. This report, released to-day, intimates that the total cost of completion, including 10 per cent, for contingencies, is estimated at £1,046,613. The Kopuawbnra section, nearly 11 miles, will cost £253,063, the main 15 miles, will cost £171,941, bridges £58,707, ballast, etc., £34,196, tunnels £33,979. Bridges on this section total 1580 feet. The Wharerata section, 9] miles, will cost £621,600, tunnels accounting for £44,076, grading £82,239, bridges £32,934, ballast, etc., £30,651. The Gisborne section, approximately 15 miles, will clos t£171,941, bridges £70,180, being the main item, with ballast, etc., £42,613, next on the list. Eighteen bridges total a length of at least 2180 feet. The work completed to date includes the clearing of scrub and bush on the major portion of route, 1399 chains of fencing, 3741 feet of fencing numerous stream diversion works controlling streams, 108 feet of sea wall, 481 chains of drains, 69 chains of deviation roads, 683 cubic yards of earthwork (actual formation of line), preliminary bridge work, preliminary tunnelling, and a large quantity of other preliminary work.