RAILWAY CROSSINGS
By Telegraph—Press Association.
PROGRESS IN ELIMINATION. ' MAJORITY BY OVERBR1DGES.
Wellington, April 30. An outline of the progress made in connection With the elimination of dangefous railway crossings was given by the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Transport, in an .intervlew to-day. Of the 250 selected for elimination on main highways, he said, nine had been completed, 5S contracts had been let and the work was in hand,1 two tenders had been called and the proposals were ready for the calling of 10 more. A total of 63 proposals were in the course of preparation and surveys and foundation lnvestigations were in hand for 45, a tdtal of 193. In 126 cases elimination was by overbridges, in 50 by highway deviation and in 17 by subway. This progress must be regafded as higlily satisfactory,' considering the high pressure at which the offlcers under his control were working, said the Minister. ReinforcSeti condrete had been adopted for the overhead bridges and except ih special clrcumstances the minimum feet vertical sight distances. Curve was a 10 chains radius, with 500
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19370501.2.104
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 1 May 1937, Page 9
Word Count
179RAILWAY CROSSINGS Taranaki Daily News, 1 May 1937, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in