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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1964

74 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 4

Bridge Tender Recommended

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 January 1964 · page 4

Colo Shire Council has recommended that the Department of Main Roads accept the lowest…

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P.A. Helped Found Bridge Association

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 January 1964 · page 13

Playing an important part in the founding of the Inter-council Grose River Bridge Association was…

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New Bridge Could Eliminate Two Ferries

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1964 · page 18

The Public Works Department is considering the possibility of eliminating both the Colo and Hawkesbury ferries at Lower Portland with the…

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Bridge at Wiseman’s Ferry (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1964 · page 2

Sir,—In the near-Gosford area the D.M.R has recently let a contract for two million pounds for a…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 January 1964 · page 3

Two motor cyclists; were injured last week separate accidents at Richmond and Sackville North…

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Road Level Being Raised

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 January 1964 · page 3

Work has begun on the raising of the road between Windsor and Bowman’s Corner to minimise…

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Wilberforce Road Tree Planting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 January 1964 · page 10

Following an offer by the Wilberforce Junior Fanners Club to assist in the beautification of the…

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Ratepayers Want Road Reconstructed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 January 1964 · page 13

Requests for the recon[?] of Comleroy [?] have been forward[?] to both the…

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Viewpoints of Readers Demand Bridge (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 February 1964 · page 2

Sir,—On the 19th of this month there will be held at Wiseman’s Ferry a meeting that may well…

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Webb’s Creek Bridge Tenders Too High Says D.M.R.

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1964 · page 2

The Department of Main Roads is of the opinion that the tender recommended by the Colo Shire Council for the construction of the Webb's Creek,…

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SPEEDBOATS Bridge-to-Bridge On

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1964 · page 10

One of the longest speedboat races in the world, the race from Peat’s Bridge, Brooklyn,…

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Road Junction Widening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1964 · page 2

The Department of Main roads plans to carry out extensive road widening proposals where…

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Slow Times In Bridge-To- Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1964 · page 18

, A former Richmond resident George Kilpatrick, won the fastest time in the 68½ miles Bridge-to-Bridge speedboat race on Sunday…

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Enthusiasm For Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1964 · page 14

Enthusiasm for the Wiseman’s Ferry Bridge Movement is Tunning high and the organisers are…

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Bridge Better Use at Perry (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1964 · page 2

Sir.—Because of the bickering between Colo and Baulkham Hills Shires, it seems as though another…

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Years Before Higher Bridge Built

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1964 · page 7

The structure of the bridge over South Creek on Blacktown Road makes it impracticable to raise…

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Bid For Bridge At Wiseman’s Ferry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1964 · page 5

A unanimous vote for early action on the construction of a bridge over the Hawkesbury River at Wiseman’s Ferry, was recorded by 160 people at a…

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Bell’s Road Widening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1964 · page 1

Colo Shire Council plans to carry out widening of the 2½ mites length of Bell’s Road, Grose Vale,…

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£10,000 Road Grant Transfer Sought

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1964 · page 19

The Clo Shire Council will attempt to have a £10,000 D.M.R grant allocated for expenditure on the Sackville Ferry Road transferred to the…

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Flood Of Protests To Council On Colo Bridge Issue

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1964 · page 4

Colo Shire Council has received a flood of protests from Lower Portland residents against any suggestion that the Hawkesbury and Colo River…

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