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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1969

123 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 7

New Bridge Under Way

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 March 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is proceeding with the construction of a new bridge over…

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Direct road link possible

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 March 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has asked the National Capital Development Commission if it…

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Motorist unlucky

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 March 1969 · page 6

How unlucky can one be ? Not much more surely then Mervyn Kerrigan, of Edgecliff, a Sydney…

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Footballer Injured in Road Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1969 · page 1

Prominent Queanbeyan Rugby League footballer Max Gill was seriously injured late yesterday in…

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Proposed Tumut - Canberra road Shire believes case for Brindabella route stronger

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council believes that, its case for the construction of the proposed Canberra-Tumut Road via Brindabella has been strengthened by further reconstruction in the area by the Forestry Commission…

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Few accidents on district roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 April 1969 · page 1

Despite record tourist traffic and a high fatality rate on roads throughout the State, Queanbeyan police report a comparatively quiet Easter holiday…

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Shires astounded over rural roads allocation

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 April 1969 · page 7

The Shires’ Association of NSW is astounded that country roads are not to share in the substantial increase of 81.9 per cent in the total allocation of Commonwealth Aid Roads Funds for NSW for the next five years…

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Chamber Presses for Road Sighs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 April 1969 · page 3

Queanbeyan Chamber of Commerce has asked the Department of Main Roads to reconsider a…

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Lower standard design for Burra Road accepted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 April 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has agreed to accept a lower standard…

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Bridge subsidy may resume

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 April 1969 · page 1

As a result of the increased allocation of funds from the Commonwealth to the State, it is…

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Assurance on Roads Assistance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 April 1969 · page 1

Mr. Steve Mauger MIA for Monaro, assured Yarrowlumla Shire Council . on Wednesday…

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Upgrading Coast Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 April 1969 · page 1

The three shires concerned — Yarrowlumla Tallaganda and Eurobodalla — are to hold…

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Hit-run Motorist Arrested and Fined

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 April 1969 · page 2

A man arrested by Queanbeyan detectives last night following a hit-run accident in Crawford Street on Saturday night appeared in the Court of Petty Sessions this, morning. He is Ludwig Gergely 31…

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Traffic expected over new bridge by July

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 April 1969 · page 5

Yarrowlumla Shire Council hopes to have traffic travelling over the new bridge at Amungula, on the Sutton Road, before July. The bridge is the last…

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Chamber add weight to claims for bridge and road deviation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 April 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan Chamber of Commerce has formed a subcommittee to support the Municipal Council in its endeavours…

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Councillors to inspect alternate road routes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 April 1969 · page 1

A party of councillors from Yarrowlumla Shire, together with Parliamentarians, on Friday will inspect the two alternate routes for the proposed road between Canberra and Tumut. The party will travel by that…

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McAuliffe failed to train Star centre dropped for pre-season final Regby League

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 May 1969 · page 8

Star centre, Pat McAuliffe has been dropped from the Queanbeyan United team to play Canberra Workmen in the final of the Zone 2 Rugby League pre-season competition at the Seiffert Sportsground on Sunday…

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$92,000 Allocated for Shire Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will expend the $92,000 it expects to receive under the 1969-70 Commonwealth Aid Roads Grants allocation on additional lengths of reconstruction and bitumenous surfacing on the Burra and Gundaroo Roads…

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Shire wants advice on future road arteries

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has taken steps to try and determine what the National Capital Development Commission has in mind regarding future road arteries leading into the ACT. Future planning within…

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Munro Road Flat Project Disapproved by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 May 1969 · page 1

The Municipal Council has refused an application by Moorhouse Pty. Ltd. for permission to erect a block of flats on elevated…

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