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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1958

125 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 7

Cut in Shire’s Main Roads Programme

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 January 1958 · page 1

Curtailment of the Main and Trunk Roads Maintenance and Improvement programme in the Yarrowlumla Shire by the Department of…

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Statement by Superintendent on Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 January 1958 · page 1

“The proble mof safety on the roads is which Concerns the whole community and is one for which nearly everyone has a solution.”…

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Uriarra Road Improvements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1958 · page 2

The Queanbeyan Municipal Council has adopted the Engineer’s recommendation regarding suggested…

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Brindabella Bridge to be Completed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1958 · page 1

Work on the Brindabella Bridge over the Goodradigbee River will commence on January 20 and should be completed in ten weeks…

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Road Graded Near Cemetery

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1958 · page 2

Grading work is to be carried out by the Queanbeyan Municipal Council on the roadway adjacent to the…

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Council Awaits Report on New Access Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1958 · page 2

The Queanbeyan Municipal Council is still awaiting a report from the Department of Main Roads on the possibility…

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Extensions to Cooma Road Garbage Depot

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1958 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has decided to open up preliminary negotiations for the purchase or resumption of land to enable the garbage depot in Cooma Road…

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Councillor Criticises “Flat” Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1958 · page 1

The residents of Captains Flat had much cause for complaint about the road to the town, Councillor J. M. Ireland…

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Stolen Yan Crashed On “Flat” Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1958 · page 1

A panel van stolen from Uriarra Road on Wednesday night, was found by the Queanbeyan police on the…

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Michelago Protest On Shire Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 February 1958 · page 1

Michelago residents held a protest meeting last week about the condition of DMR portion of Highway 19,…

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Road Safety Car Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1958 · page 1

The Queanbeyan Road Safety Council will now stage its car trial on a date later train February 22…

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Young Man Killed Cooma Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1958 · page 1

A young man employed on a property Royalla was killed when his car crashed into Tuggeranong Creek on- the Cooma Road early on Sunday morning…

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Motor Vehicle Registrations

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1958 · page 1

Statistics at the Queanbeyan an Motor Registry Office for last year indicate that Queanbeyan is one of the most…

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Islands For Uriarra Road Intersection

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1958 · page 4

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will contribute £28 to the cost of installing temporary traffic islands at the…

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Genuine Effort Made to Provide Good Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1958 · page 1

“I think we have made a genuine effort to provide good roads,” said Yarralumla Shire President (Cr. P. J. B. Osborne) on Tuesday. He presented a report to…

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Captains Flat Road Work Progressing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1958 · page 2

Work on the Captains Flat Road is at present in progress and will continue to the limit of funds made available by…

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Far and Wide Big Road Programme

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1958 · page 2

A bitumenising plan for £250,000 has been adopted in principle by Crookwell Shire Council. Put forward by the engineer, the plan is to last six years with the tarring of 53 miles of main roads…

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Uriarra Road Resumptions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1958 · page 6

Mr. W. A. Woodger will be engaged by the Queanbeyan Municipal Council to undertake take the four valuations required…

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Deputation To Council On Burra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1958 · page 4

The Michelago Burra School Bus Committee will send a deputation to the Yarrowlumla Shire Council to…

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Brindabella Bridge Almost Completed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1958 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Councillors are delighted with the successful construction of the Brindabella Bridge. They intend to a mount a…

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