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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1970

83 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5

Inquest Into Road Death Seaman affected by alcohol says Coroner

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 May 1970 · page 3

A post mortem on the ,body of a seaman killed on the Bungendore Road on April 12 this year revealed an alcohol content of 272. This was revealed in…

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Bridge wanted for second ACT access road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 May 1970 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has made urgent representations to the Department of Main Roads, requesting approval for the construction of an overhead railway bridge to provide an…

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No hope for special help on roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 May 1970 · page 4

No hope of special assistance to roads used by school buses under. the current Commonwealth…

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Letters to the Editor Irate Motorist

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 May 1970 · page 4

Sir.—I am sick of hearing complaints by drivers, that there is insufficient parking space, street lighting and good roads in Queanbeyan…

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Cows killed! on Flat Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 May 1970 · page 2

Two cows were killed at about the same time . when struck by cars on the Captain’s Flat road,…

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Fined $400 on three charges Disqualified motorist drove under Influence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 June 1970 · page 7

A young Canberra man: has been fined a total of $400 in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on charges of driving under the influence failing to stop after an accident and driving whilst disqualified He is Donald J. Higgins…

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Road Safety wants highway realigned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1970 · page 1

An approach is to be made to the Department of main Roads Goulburn by the Queanbeyan…

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Road Damage Inspected

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1970 · page 4

Mr. J. Anderson, Division Engineer of the Department of Main Roads (centre)discusses…

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Animal park off Sutton Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1970 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire. Council has approved in principal the established of a 182 [?] park fronting the Sutton Road, adjacent to the A.C.T. border…

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Club house site offected by road widening

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1970 · page 3

The Municipals Council will require the new club house to be, erected for the Women’s Bowling…

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Motor Sports Join Belt Promotion

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1970 · page 1

The Confederation of Australian Motor sport is urging all its members to work closely with the. Road Safety Council of New South Wales and thereby add the considerable…

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$20,000 grant to Tare go road reconstruction

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1970 · page 1

Yarrowlumla. .Shire Council has accepted a grant of $20,000 from ale Department of Main…

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Road Safety field officer in Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 June 1970 · page 1

Road Safety Council Feld Officer for the southeastern zone, Mr. Maurie O’Donnell, is visiting…

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Uriarra Road’s Wave of Crime

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 July 1970 · page 1

A wave of crime hit Uriarra Road this week with four business houses being broken into…

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New bridge to provide two traffic lanes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1970 · page 1

A new bridge to be built over the Queanbeyan River to replace the existing structure will be 28 feet wide from kerb to kerb, providing for two lanes of traffic, with two five…

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Crashed into bridge rail Fined for driving under influence

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 July 1970 · page 3

The young river-of a motor vehicle which crashed into the rail on the eastern approaches of Queanbeyan River bridge on the night of June 29 was fined $100 when he appeared in the Court of petty Sessions the following morning on a charge of driving under the influence…

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Sealing Experiment on Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 July 1970 · page 7

A new type of treatment of bitumen surfaces, may be tried as an experiment on the Captain’s…

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Bridge to be higher and longer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 July 1970 · page 1

The carriageway of the proposed new bridge to be constructed, over the Queanbeyan River will be…

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bridge site dictates Burra road route

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1970 · page 5

In designing the new road alignment south of Burra Creek on the Burra Road…

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Forestry to Reconstruct Access Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1970 · page 6

The N.S.W. Forestry Commission is to reconstruct the Harold’s Cross Road for a…

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