QUICK ROAD REPAIRS

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 7

QUICK ROAD REPAIRS

BOROUGH’S LIGHT ESCAPE WATER SUPPLY BROKEN “Very little damage from the borough’s point Of view was done at New Plymouth by the deluge,” said the engineer, Mr. C. Clarke, last night. He declared that bridges had not been structurally weakened by the pressure of the flood waters, and that very little damage had been done to Devon Street central. Everything would be more or less cleaned up to-day, and. it would not be long before repairs to broken asphalt were completed. He could not assess the cost of the damage last night. Struck probably by floating timber as it rushed down the Henui River, the spiral water supply pipes were carried away early yesterday morning. The result Was that householders on the higher levels of New Plymouth, such as Vogeltown and Westown, were without water for some time. The supply at the public hospital was affected during the morning, but the service was restored by last night. The big mains were supported on a trestle bridge ten feet above the usual level of the river above the bridge on Junction Road. A length of 60 feet of heavy steel pipes was torn away and twisted into odd shapes. A fairly big gang bf men was employed since early in the morning in effecting temporary repairs. This is the largest main supplying the pyrin, which it enters yia Avenue Road.