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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1972

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

Bridge May Carry 3000 Vehicles Daily

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 April 1972 · page 1

The Mayor (Aid. F. E. Land) estimates that after the first three months, the flow of traffic along Morrissett Street to the new low level bridge will be in the vicinity of 3,000 vehicles per day…

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Commissioner for Railways here

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 April 1972 · page 4

The NSW Commissioner for Railways, Mr. N. McCusker, will be in Queanbeyan on…

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Schoolboys Killed in Road Crash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 May 1972 · page 1

The closely knit community of Captain’s Flat is stunned today by the deaths lost night in an accident on the Jerangle load of two local schoolboys. Local identity, Mr. Tom…

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Letters to the Editor Road levels dangerous

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 May 1972 · page 7

Sir. — t tried to make a light hand turn from Alanhsr Street into Cooma Street on Sunday end nearly ruined my car. There is a great ten inch drop in the…

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Classy ride to win road race

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 May 1972 · page 17

John Donovan showed his class by defeating top Canberra rider David Le Porte in the 44-mile road cycling race held on the Captain’s Flat Road on Saturday…

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$130,000 to Reconstruct Yass Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1972 · page 1

The estimated cost of reconstructing Yass Road providing a two-lane carriageway from the overhead railway bridge to Buttle’s Creek is $130,000…

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Appeal for new bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1972 · page 16

An approach will be made to the Department of Main Roads for urgent replacement of an existing…

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$54,000 for Jerangle Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1972 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has provided an amount of approximately $54,000 in its 1972-73 Commonwealth Aid Road Grants programme to complete reconstruction and…

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Canberra Road a political issue

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1972 · page 8

Traffic congestion on the Canberra-Queanbeyan road is the main political issue in Queanbeyan, according to Labor Party candidate at the next Federal election, Mr…

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Railway Staff Recruiting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1972 · page 7

The New South Wales Railways has advised that Its mobile staff recruiting carriage will be visiting…

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Road Race to Graham

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1972 · page 15

Bill Graham won the senior 22-lap event conducted by Canberra Cycling Club on the Belconnen circuit on Saturday. Graham broke away…

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Adaminaby-canberra Road Ministerial Inspection Requested

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1972 · page 11

The Adaminaby and District Progress Association has made moves to have the Minister for the Interior/ Mr. Hunt, make an inspection of the direct Adaminaby-Canberra road…

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New bridge first this century

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1972 · page 1

The new low level bridge in Morrissett Street, Queanbeyan, is the first traffic crossing of the river to be built in the twentieth century. This was stated by the Mayor (Ald. F. E. land)…

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New Bridge Tenders Likely Soon —Estimate Is $½m

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1972 · page 4

It is possible that tenders for the construction of a new existing high level bridge over Queanbeyan River will be called in about six months time…

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Edict to Tigers—train or else

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 June 1972 · page 15

Queanbeyan National Football Club has this week laid down the gauntlet to its players, first or second grade — if they don’t train they don’t play…

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Shire President Urges Alternate Coast Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1972 · page 1

The president of Yarrowlumla Shire Council, Cr. L. J. Reardon, believes the Commonwealth Government should be planning a direct access road between Canberra and Bungendore, linking…

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Alternate Bridge Signs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1972 · page 13

Queanbeyan City Council has asked the Department of Main Roads for the erection of signs at…

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Subsidy for bridge at Gum Flat Creek

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1972 · page 11

The State Government has agreed to pay a subsidy equal to half the cost of a new bridge over Gum Flat Creek, on the Bungendore-Gundaroo Road…

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Railway facelift

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1972 · page 1

Queanbeyan City Council, in co-operation with the Department of Railways, plans a…

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Railway breaches

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 July 1972 · page 13

During the quarter ended June 30,1972,1,508 persons were fined a total of $27,346 in Courts of Petty Sessions…

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