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

Railways, roads & transport, 1966

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Good Holiday on District Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 January 1966 · page 1

In contrast to other parts of the State, the road toll in the Hawkesbury district over the…

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Nth. Richmond Bridge Footway

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1966 · page 13

Work on the widening of North Richmond bridge to provide a footway will begin this year…

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Tender for Wright’s Creek Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1966 · page 5

A tender of £10,926 for the construction of Wright’s Creek Bridge has been accepted by…

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Comic Opera Feud Over Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1966 · page 5

A feud over an unmade portion of Pages Wharf Road leading into Mud Island, Sackville, has resulted in one man being admitted to hospital, and…

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Feud Over Road Council Negotiates Uneasy Peace

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 January 1966 · page 13

The feud which raged for a week over an unmade portion of Pages Wharf Road and resulted in the closure of a private road, has been…

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Bowen Mt. Residents Unhappy with Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 February 1966 · page 2

Thirty-nine residents of the Bowen Mountain area have petitioned Colo Shire Council…

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Local Road Toll: One Dead Six Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 February 1966 · page 1

One man was killed and six people injured in road accidents in the district between Sunday morning and Monday evening…

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Mt. Lagoon Road Classification to be Re-examined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 February 1966 · page 8

The proclamation of Mountain Lagoon Road as a developmental road is being “re-examined.”…

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New Bridge on Putty Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1966 · page 14

The Department of Main Roads has accepted a tender of $82,962 for the construction of a steel and…

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Dangerous Bends in Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1966 · page 15

Dangerous bends in the Blacktown Road at the Rickaby Greek Bridge were responsible for…

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New Bridge Started For Wright’s Creek

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1966 · page 11

Work has begun on the construction of Wright’s Creek Bridge — The eleventh bridge under way…

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Stiff Account For Bridge Designs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1966 · page 17

An account for $3,872 for designing tour Bridges in Colo Shire is considered too high by the shire…

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New Bridge Could Take all Flood-free Land

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1966 · page 1

A Lower Portland resident could lose all his flood-free land to make way for an approach to…

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Too Busy to Start on Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1966 · page 13

Although promised by Colo Shire Council before Christmas, a Bailey bridge still has not been erected…

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On Shire Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1966 · page 20

The planting of oleanders along roads in Colo Shire will not be allowed now because…

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Sorghum Blocks Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1966 · page 1

A semi-trailer load of sorghum spilled over the Singleton Road on Sunday night made the…

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120 M.P.H. Speedboats in Sunday’s Bridge-to-Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1966 · page 17

Two speedboats capable of 120 m.p.h. amongst entrants in the 1966 Bridge-to-Bridge race on the Hawkesbury River this Sunday may…

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Error in Bridge Design Alleged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1966 · page 1

An alleged serious flaw in the designs of Wheeny Creek Bridge has been discovered by…

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Plans For Addy’s Creek Bridge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1966 · page 13

Preliminary plans have been drawn up for a new bridge over Addy's Creek. The new bridge will be…

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Freeman’s Rch. Road Sealing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1966 · page 18

Work has begun on the tar-sealing of part of Freeman’s Reach Road. Colo Shire Council has…

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