Rarotonga’S New Bridges
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Rarotonga, June 16.
POST-HURRICANE activity has resulted in two new bridges being built to replace those damaged by the heavy seas which swept over Avarua’s water front. Wider, and of considerably greater strength, the new bridges are not only far more suitable to the increased traffic of the island, but are also workmanlike con structions which reflect very creditably on those responsible for their planning.
Whether users are equally satisfied with the new road repairs on the Titikaveka side of the island is doubtful. Formerly sand and loose coral had been applied as top-dressings and these, after compara tively little usage, settle down and are crushed underfoot. No-one, however, can complain on this score of the miniature boulders which have lately been spread by the Public Works Department. There is very little liklihood of anything ever crushing these, short of a steam-roller, which we have not got.
On an island where horses are unshod and the majority of work is done by light wagons, the suitability rather than the durability of road surfaces is of major importance.