PUBLIC WORKS REGULATIONS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 466, 18 May 1912, Page 5

PUBLIC WORKS REGULATIONS.

AN IMPORTANT CHANGE. APPROVAL OF PLANS. {IIY TKLKGHAIMI. —I'RKSS ASSOCIATION.! Wellington, Thursday. In order to facilitate the expenditure of Government, grants by local authorities for road construction, the Minister of Public Works, the .Hon. W. P. S, lUe.cdonatd, bus made a change in '.be method of serving' official sanction to she plans. Under the usual condi lions, plans for work in excess of X'JaO have to be prepared in triplicate by local bodies In order to undergo the scrutiny, not. only of the district engineer of the Public Works Department, but also the head oiueo engineering staff. This has caused a delay of several months in many instances, but the Public. Works district. engineers are to be given power to pass works up to A'lObO in value in future, so that no delay will be caused in the majority of It is with a simpler end in view that, the Public Works Department, has agreed to modify its vule regarding bridge construction. It has hitherto insisted upon bridges, even in remote districts, being constructed to carry heavy weights, though they are. ho situated that no load exceeding a few I tons goes over them. It has. however/ been agreed that in certain areas what, is known as the two-ton bridge design will be passed by the departmental engineers.