EGLINTON VALLEY
CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD CABINET TO CONSIDER PROJECT (Pe» United Peers Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 11. A decision about the completion of the Eglinton Valley road linking Milford Sound and Lake Te Anau, which involves expensive tunnelling work, is to be made shortly by Cabinet. This was stated to-day by the Minister of Public Works, Mr Bitchener, . “ The work is advancing rapidly, but the stretch of road yet'to be completed will be the most difficult of construction,” Mr Bitchener stated. At present, he continued,- it could not be said whether a road would be built linking the Eglington region to the south West Coast. Much of the country was practically unexplored from the ground, although it had been examined from the aif. Until a proper - survey was made there could be no likelihood of thie scheme being pushed further. The first step was to arrive at an estimate of the cost and that demanded fuller knowledge.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22286, 12 June 1934, Page 8
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156EGLINTON VALLEY Otago Daily Times, Issue 22286, 12 June 1934, Page 8
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