MAIN HIGHWAYS
DISTRICTS EXTENDED [Per United Phess Association/? WELLINGTON. January 27, By resolution of the Main Highways Board the boundaries of the eighteen highway districts throughout the donnuioi/have been extended to embrace boroughs and town districts of less than G,OOO population, which are now entitled to receive the benefits which the counties previously enjoyed. Hitherto town districts and boroughs have not hen included in the highway districts and have not received the same benefits from highways revenue as counties, which wore entitled to three-fifths of the cost of maintenance and a subsidy on road construction. The boroughs were subsidised at the same rate per mile for road maintenance as an adjoining county. Under the new provisions boroughs and town districts may apply for a subsidy on maintenance and construction -work in the same way as counties, subject to the approval of the Main Highways Board.
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Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 4
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145MAIN HIGHWAYS Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 4
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