ROADS CLOSED
WAIRARAPA LINE
REOPENING SOON
The bright weather this morning enabled the Railway Department and county councils to make an early start on the clearing of slips, repairing bridges, and restoring washouts, and it is expected that most of the storm damage will be remedied within a few days. The reopening of the Wairarapa railway line is expected by tomorrow, but several roads will be impassable for several days.
This morning the first four trains between Upper Hutt and Wellington were delayed, but normal services were running early in the forenoon.
The Rimutaka line was cleared to Kaitoke late last night, and the Railway Department reported today that it would be clear to Cross Creek by 5 p.m. and that normal traffic would be resumed tonight.
The roads in the Hutt County Council did not suffer further damage after the rain ceased. A full inspection of the Whiteman's Valley road is being made today, but it is unlikely that the damage done to bridges on the road can be repaired within a few days.
The Johnsonville-Makara road has been closed until further notice because of an unsafe bridge. The South Makara road is again passable for traffic.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19391213.2.91.1
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 142, 13 December 1939, Page 12
Word Count
198ROADS CLOSED Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 142, 13 December 1939, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.