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Te liuiti - New Plymouth (No. 6 District) Te Kuiti - Pio Pio Section : 7 m. to 10 m. : 1 m. 23 ch. of 30 ft. formation and 3m. of basecourse metalling were completed. 12 m. to 14 m. : Im. 6 ch. of formation and base-course metalling were completed. 14 m to 15 m. : 45 ch. of formation and base-course metalling were completed. Te Kuiti - National Park :— Ohura Turnoff - Ongarue Turnoff: 54 ch. of heavy rhyolite, papa, and sandstone formation, and 12 ch. of base-course metalling were completed. Manunui Town District: 2m. of prime coat was applied. Taumarunui - National Park : 10,056 cubic yards of material was removed from a major slip at Piriaka, Oio-Owhango : This section, 4m. in length, received a top-course of metal chips. Piriaka Overbridge: This concrete bridge, comprising three 45 ft. spans, with a 24 ft. roadway, together with 25 ch. of approaches, was completed. Oio Overbridge: This bridge comprising one 50ft. and two 40ft. spans, with a 22ft. roadway, together with 37 ch. of approaches, was completed. Spiral Overbridge: Contracts have been let for this bridge and its approaches. The foundations of the step-over pier, the north pier, and abutment have been concreted, and the south pier is in hand. Stratford-Taumarunui (No. 6 District). —Tokirima Hill: 46 ch. of formation and 26 ch. of metalling were completed, in connection with widening at dangerous corners. Pio Pio-Tatu :— Waitewhena Road : The reconstruction of the remaining 9m. of clay surface on this highway is well in hand, 1 m. 60 ch. of earthwork being completed. Ohura Township—Mangaroa River Bridge : This concrete bridge, comprising one 48 ft. and two 36 ft. spans, with 10 ch. of approaches, was completed and opened to traffic. It has a 20 ft. roadway and one 4 ft. footway. Te Maire-Mangaohutu. —29 ch. of heavy papa formation was completed, in connection with the cutting-back of dangerous corners. Okwpapa Highway.—Omanawa Bridge : This concrete bridge, 45 ft. in length, together with its approaches, was completed. Manunui-Owhango. —1 in. of formation and metalling was completed, in connection with the elimination of dangerous bends in the Hikimutu Valley. A 6 ft. concrete culvert was installed near Owhango. Kururau-Tawmarunui: — Lyons Bridge : This 90 ft. concrete bridge was completed. Bloomfield's Bridge : This 93 ft. concrete bridge is in hand, the abutments and piers being completed. Taumarunui-Ongarue:—-Taumarunui County : Heffernan's culvert, 7 ft. 6 in. by 7 ft. 6 in. in concrete, together with 12 ch. of filling, was completed. Taumarunui Borough —Short St. Subway : 20 ch. of formation of the approach cutting, 6 ch. of metalling, and 7 ch. of concrete crib-wall were completed, also the abutments of the railway-bridge. Te Kuiti-New Plymouth (No. 7 District) : —- In the Mimi Valley, a further 14 ch. of deviation has been formed, 15 ch. metalled, and 23 ch. of stream diverted. A concrete bridge, 42 ft. long, with a 24 ft. roadway, has been completed on the deviation. The formation is nearing completion. From the junction with the Pukearuhe Highway to the Mangamaeho Road, a deviation is being formed, Im. 58 ch. in length. If m. of formation has been completed, and the remainder is in hand. On the Urenui Pa Hill, from the Urenui Stream north, the earthwork of a deviation 13|ch. long has been completed. At the Waitara Pound Corner, the metal has been lifted and the formation widened. The Mangaoraka Deviation has been metalled. New Plymouth - Hawera : — A contract has been let for the erection of a concrete bridge, 150 ft. long, over the Waiwakaiho River. A contract has also been let for the realignment and metalling of 73 ch. west of Inglewood. The Tariki-Waipuku Deviation, which avoids two level crossings, has been completed except for bituminous surfacing. This deviation includes a concrete bridge of three 40 ft. spans over the Waipuku Stream. The Midhirst railway-crossing is being eliminated by an overbridge, and a concrete bridge over the Manganui Stream is also in hand. The 6 m. length between Waipuku and Stratford is being entirely reconstructed. A tender has been accepted and work has commenced on the erection of a concrete overbridge at Ngaere. On the Boylan Road section, in the Eltham County, alignment, widening, and metalling, over a distance of 3| m., are being undertaken. The Normanby Overbridge has been completed, except for the sealing of the approaches, and is in use by traffic.

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