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Progress Report. The following statement shows the more important construction work carried out under the control of the Board during the year ended 31st March, 1935 : — Waipapakauri-Maungatapere: — Awanui Bridge : The erection of this bridge was delayed by floods, but at the end of the year all piles had been driven, and the structure has since been completed. Johnson's Culvert: A 6 ft. by 4 ft. concrete culvert has been completed. Waihou River Bridge : The erection of this concrete bridge, of five 40 ft. spans, was commenced. Omapere-Kaikohe : This 4m. clay section has been metalled. Mill Bridge : A timber truss bridge was replaced by a 7 ft. by 6 ft. concrete culvert. Kaitaia-Motuharaha. —Onetoke Bridge : The erection of this bridge, of three 40 ft. and two 15 ft. spans in steel and concrete, is nearing completion. Waimate-Kaeo-Mangonui.—Webber's Bridge : The existing timber bridge has been replaced by a new structure of two 35 ft. spans, in steel and concrete, with hardwood deck. Lake Omapere - Maungaturoto :— Dawson's Bridge : The erection of this bridge, of one 40 ft. span in steel and concrete, was carried out. Hikurangi Town District : This section of 2m. 23 ch. was sealed in two coats. Whakapara Flooding : The erection of a concrete fioodway and embankment, north of Whakapara, has been commenced. Whangarei-Dargaville: — Whangarei-Maungatapere : 3m. of formation was completed, and 2 m. of base-course metal laid. Tangowahine Bridge : The erection of this 180 ft. steel and concrete bridge was completed. 6 ch. of approaches were formed and metalled. Kirikopuni Bridge : A contract was let for the erection of this bridge, and work is in hand. Piritaka and Murdoch's Creek Bridges : These timber structures were replaced by reinforced concrete culverts, 8 ft. by 7 ft. and 5 ft. by 5 ft. respectively. Mangawai-Kaiwaka. —Hakarau Bridge : This bridge, of one 40 ft. and two 30 ft. spans in steel and concrete construction, was completed. 10 ch. of approaches were formed and metalled. Auckland-Maungaturoto:— Massey Road - Orewa : 1 m. 57 ch. has been widened, and 1 in. 44 ch. of base-course metal laid. Orewa Bridge : The erection of this reinforced concrete bridge of one 64 ft., two 55 ft., and two 18 ft. spans, with approaches, has been completed. Orewa-Waiwera : A deviation 41 ch. in length has been formed, Im. 37 ch. widened, and base-course sandstone placed over a distance of 6 m. 27 ch. Grutt's Bridge : This 30 ft. span concrete structure, with its approaches, has been completed. Puhoi Bridge : The erection of this bridge, comprising one 62 ft. and two 48 ft. spans in reinforced concrete, has been completed. Warkworth-Dome : 69 ch. was widened, and 3 stream diversions constructed. The erection of Grimmer's Bridge has been commenced. Warkworth Town District : 63 ch. was sealed in one coat. Wellsford -Te Hana : Im. 29 ch. was widened, and base-course metal laid. Kaiwaka-Maungaturoto—Coates's Bridge : The existing timber structure was replaced by a 4 ft. pipe culvert, and a deviation constructed. Waitemata County, Albany Bridge : A contract was let for the erection of this bridge, consisting of two 22 ft. approach spans and a central arch span of 71 ft., all in reinforced concrete. Great South Road : — Franklin County : The concrete paving of 2m. 52 ch. of the Papakura-Runciman section was completed. Between Runciman and St. Stephen's College, 1 m. 49 ch. has been re-formed, metalled, and sealed ; 2 m. 9 ch. has been formed and metalled ; and the remaining 1 m. 16 ch. has been formed, with the exception of a short length at Ramarama. On the Pokeno section 24 ch. at the north end has been re-formed, metalled, and sealed. The section from Pokeno Bridge southwards, a length of 84 ch., has been surfaced with bituminous macadam. A contract has been let and construction work commenced on Slippery Creek Bridge. Waikato County : The approaches to the Mangawara Bridge, ch. in length, were surfaced in bituminous macadam. Ngaruawahia Borough : A contract has been let for the reconstruction and sealing of 2 m. 12 ch. Waipa County : Hamilton-Ngaruawahia Section: Two contracts for the reconstruction, metalling, and sealing of this section have been let; and 4m. 56 ch. of subgrade, 3m. 59 ch, of waterbound macadam, and 3 m. 35 ch. of one-coat sealing have been completed from Hamilton Borough northwards. Hamilton-Ohaupo Section : Tenders have been called for the reconstruction, metalling, and sealing of 7 m. 37 ch. of this length. Te Awamutu - Otorohanga Section : A contract has been let for the construction of the Puniu Deviation and bridge approaches, covering a total length of 2 m. 12 ch.

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