- That, the tourist possibilities of the longdelayed direct road between Blenheim and the West Coast have already attracted attention'far'afield'is shown'by the fact that the-Progress League has received-inquiries from-a-. San -Francisco tourist organisation asking whether .the road is..yet . open for traffic (says the Marlborough Express). It would be a good .advertisement for the Public Works Iteparfnient to reply that work -oii; the . road;, has; Been : .ih’;-hphd : ‘for something like 14 years, during which time six miles ..of-unmetalled formation* has been done, a bridge repaired, a short bridge erected, and- another commenced.-’-- Possibly the .‘grandchildren ~‘#f • presenteday touriits wilE.be <al>lQ; to, .use; 4he'«ros(|t?<c*T
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Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 30
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