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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schoolboys Killed in Road Crash
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 May 1972 · page 1
The closely knit community of Captainâs Flat is stunned today by the deaths lost night in an accident on the Jerangle load of two local schoolboys. Local identity, Mr. Tom…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to the Editor Road levels dangerous
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 May 1972 · page 7
Sir. â 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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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 Captainâs Flat Road on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →$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 Buttleâs Creek is $130,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →$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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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 â if they donât train they donât play…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway facelift
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1972 · page 1
Queanbeyan City Council, in co-operation with the Department of Railways, plans a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →