OVERBRIDGE FINANCE
The "Transport News of New Zealand" has the following reference to the new Wellington station arrangements:— The cost of an overbridge from the new railway terminus at Wellington to connect with the new waterfront road to the Hutt Road is causing, controversy as to a division of costs, as between the Railways Board, Wellington City Council, other local bodies, and the GDvernment. Thirty-five thousand pounds are required for this work, and it would appear as if the proportionate divisions should be as follows:—Railways Board, £10,000; Wellington City Council, £10,000; contigious local bodies, £10,000; Government (the balance), £5000. , Surely the Railways Board : is not thinking to cut down the cost of this important access by putting forward a level'crossing proposition. In view of prominence in the news of level crossing mishaps we believe the board will see the safety and need of over-, bridge facilities. . ; A scheme is on foot for the construction of a bridge across the River Severn estuary; If fulfilled, it would be, the longest bridge in Britain.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 18, 20 July 1935, Page 30
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172OVERBRIDGE FINANCE Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 18, 20 July 1935, Page 30
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