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No 10 : May 5, 1955

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Highway to the North

According to reports, the sum of two million pounds is to be spent on roads in the Gisborne-E.C. highways district within the next fire years, by which time it might be expected that local highways will be brought up to the standard enjoyed for many years past by most other parts of the country.

One of the major works will be the northern link to Opotiki through the Waioeka Gorge. Photographs- on these pages in that locality recently.

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A typical section of the gorge road which has not yet been widened to modern standards. Care is required on all such sections, and at the request of the Gisborne Road Safety Council, the Works Ministry is to signpost these parts.

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Bulldozers, and carry-alls on the roadside are surrounded by evidence of their work..

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Looking back towards Gisborne on this side of the watershed, with works camp buildings in the foreground.

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A familiar sight to travellers going north: the scene from the top of Trafford's Hill, looking down into the commencement of the Waioeka gorge.

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One of the stone crushing plants in the gorge which provides the contractors with road metal.

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