ROTORUA DEVELOPMENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22544, 8 October 1936, Page 17

ROTORUA DEVELOPMENT

DISTRICT ROAD WIDENING FORMATION OF AERODROME [BY TELEORAPH OWN CORRESPONDENT] ROTORUA, Wednesday Considerable public works activity is taking place in the Rotorua district, the number of men emploj'ed being about 300. Good progress is being made with the widening of the RotoruaWaikaremoana road, where the men are working in treacherous country with the possibility of slips adding to the difficulties of the work.

! ' Separate gangs are working in the vicinity of Te Whaiti and Ruatahuna, and -several miles of widening has already been completed. Progress was delayed somewhat during the rainy weather, hut with the summer approaching the widening should be rapidly extended. The levelling of about 90 acres near Whakarewarewa, to provide an aerodrome, has been completed, and 70 acres of this has been sown in grass. In order to provide a length of runway suitable for the largest type of aeroplane, it is now proposed to level further portions of land adjoining the main area, and totalling about 20 acres. The reformation of this has already been commenced and is providing work for about 70 men. A deviation of the main RotoruaCambridge highway near Tarukenga to provide for an overbridge to eliminate the present dangerous level crossing is well advanced, and tenders have been called for tho construction of the bridge. It is not likely, however, that the new route will be open for traffic before Christmas. It is hoped that, by the use of the new road during the summer, ' the deviation will be sufficiently consolidated to permit of its being sealed before winter.