ROADS IN TONGA
IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FORESHORE PROTECTION AUCKLAND ENGINEER'S ADVICE Methods for improving the roads, the construction of causeways, and foreshore protection and reclamation work on Tongatabu Island, the principal island in tho Tongan Group, have been approved by the Tongan Government on the recommendation of Mr. A. M. Page, of the Public Works Department, Auckland. Mr. Page returned by the Matua yesterday afternoon after spending three months on loan to the Tongan Government.
Mr. Page said there were about 200 motor vehicles on the island, which had about 70 miles of formed roads. On his recommendation a programme of tar-sealing work was to be carried out. Provision had also been made in tho Estimates for the purchase of some modern graders. During the next year it was proposed by the Tongan Government to spend about £BOOO on foreshore protection.
Other work had also been approved, on the basis of his report, Mr. Page added, but the amount of money to be spent would be dependent upon financial arrangements.
Mr. Page was accompanied by his wife and two daughters.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23182, 31 October 1938, Page 13
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