ENGINEERS TO BLAME.
FAULTY TUNNELLING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 29. Messrs Holmes and McLean, the Commission appointed by the City Council to enquire into the faulty construction of the Northland tunnel, which was to give tramway communication with the hill-top suburb, report that they consider it defective in construction, which is faulty throughout, and that four officers, city engineer, district engineer, surveyor and tunnel foreman, must be held responsible for the work, including £10,500 for tramway cost, with approaches, etc., making £38,000 net.
The Commission estimates the cost of making the tunnel safe at an extra £4600.
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Thames Star, Volume LIX, Issue 16799, 29 May 1926, Page 5
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