NEW WHARF
Auckland Proposal LARGE EXPENDITURE PLANNED PA AUCKLAND, Sept. 26. Tenders for the construction of an import wharf, the biggest wharf to be built in Auckland for 2o years, will be called immediately by the Auckland Harbour Board and will be opened on February 6 next. This decision " was made by the board today, when Mr N. L. Vickerman submitted specification and contract documThe board decided early this year, with Government approval, to undertake its major construction work by private contract, and overseas firms have been keenly interested in plans both for an import wharf and the upper harbour development scheme. No recent estimates for the import wharf’s cost have been announced, but a preliminary estimate made m 1938 was £1,337,000. The import wharf will be 1200 feet long and will provide berths on each side for two large overseas ships. Plans for the construction of an extension to the Onehunga wharf at an estimated cost of £40,000 will be prepared by the Harbour Board, which also decided today to reconstruct the Chelsea ferry wharf at an estimated charge of £IO,OOO.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27505, 27 September 1950, Page 6
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