A survey of Mt. Messenger with the object of obtaining data on which a tunnelling decision will be made has been finished by the Public Works Department at Stratford. Plans would be forwarded to the head office of his Department at Wellington, said Mr. F. W. Lindup, district engineer, at Stratford on Monday. Then the plans, together with traffic analysis figures, the saving in mileage represented by a tunnel compared with the existing road over the saddle, and a comparison of maintenance costs on the same basis would be submitted to the Main Highways Board to decide whether the tunnel project was warranted now or whether the scheme should be deferred.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 4641, 18 May 1938, Page 7
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