SHORTENING THE ROAD
DOWN TO WELLINGTON CUTTING OUT PAEKAKARIKi A movement is. 011 loot i«n Wellington to got tlie Public Works Department to construct a highway from Pitre-mat a? ..to Pa.ekaka.riki via. P-liminert o*n and Pukoma. Bay. This proposal should he ol' interest Palerston North and the district, in view ot the tact that such a road would cut out Paeknkaiiki hill a.nd shorten the distance between Paremata. a.nd Pa.ekakariki. by four to five miles. It is stated that little in the wiay of engineering difficulties would have to he faced, and that t;!i 0 wor could be do*® for .approxi.mately Can, ooo, which i.ncl the cost of a. bridge across Parconjaita. luu‘hour. Carried out by relief workers, employment would be foiiind for hundreds of men f° r niauy motnths. After reaching Pukerua Bay it ; -s proposed to use the beach to P.aekakariki.
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3784, 30 July 1932, Page 8
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143SHORTENING THE ROAD Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3784, 30 July 1932, Page 8
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