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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1988

11 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Tea Gardens main road bypass

Nota · Friday 1 January 1988 · page 3

Work has commenced on investigation of an alternative route for the proposed main road bypass…

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Mungo Brush Road pledge by Turner

Nota · Tuesday 1 March 1988 · page 8

A pledge to do everything in his power to upgrade and seal The Mungo Brush Road was made by John Turner,…

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The Mungo Road scandal

Nota · Sunday 1 May 1988 · page 15

When Mr Askin, the Premier of NSW, accompanied by Mr Lewis, the Minister for National Parks…

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Parks and Wildlife Service is against fast “through” road

Nota · Sunday 1 May 1988 · page 8

The National Parks and Wildlife Service is not against a tarsealed road from Mungo to Seal Rocks…

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Seal Rocks Road gets a reprieve

Nota · Wednesday 1 June 1988 · page 9

The order by National Parks and Wildlife to rip out the Mungo Brush to Seal Rocks Road has been…

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Roundup of Local News May mini-budget cuts further into road funding

Nota · Wednesday 1 June 1988 · page 15

“Road funding is to suffer a further cutback of $30 million in 1988-89 as a result of the Federal Labor…

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Turner comments on Seal Rocks road

Nota · Thursday 1 September 1988 · page 19

During a recent inspection of mining operations within the Myall Lakes Electorate the member for…

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Scone Road closure

Nota · Tuesday 1 November 1988 · page 16

“Conditions are now ideal for the repair of a major slip on the Gloucester/Scone Road,” according to the district forester Mr Tony Yates…

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Bucketts Way gets road funds

Nota · Tuesday 1 November 1988 · page 5

John Turner, Member for Myall Lakes, who has described the Bucketts Way as the Buckled Way, has…

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Watch for new 80kmh road signs

Nota · Tuesday 1 November 1988 · page 2

“I appeal to people using the Pacific Highway to obey the new speed limit signs erected on the section…

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Mungo Track bridge to be built at Tamboy

Nota · Tuesday 1 November 1988 · page 4

In a letter to Mr John Turner, MP the service has advised that the slashing and bridging of a new trail…

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