RICCARTON ROAD.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18902, 18 January 1927, Page 6

RICCARTON ROAD.

RECONSTRUCTION SCHEME. WORK TO PROCEED. Reference was made in last Thursday's issue of The Press to the likelihood of the tender let by the Waimain County Council for the reconstruction of a portion of Riccarton road being held up owing to the intention of the Drainage Board to lay a sewer on the part of the highway to be reconstructed. An arrangement has been arrived at which will allow the road reconstruction work to go on at once. Mr F. AV. Freeman, consulting engineer to the Waiihairi County Council, told a reporter yesterday that the work under the contract let by the county to British Pavements, Ltd., would bo started to-day, when the levels between Church corner—the' eastern end of the portion of Riccarton road recently reconstructed by the Paparua County Council —will be taken and supplied to the contractors. The first part of the work to be put in hand is a stretch of sis chains and three-quarters from Church corner to Hanson's lane. This is within the Paparua County's boundaries, and. that county will repay the Waimairi County for the work done. The portion of the road in the Wai* mairi County to be relaid extends from Hanson's lane to Clyde road, which is the boundary between the Waimri"County and the Riccarton borough. The 67i chains covered by tne present contract will be laid in two-course asphaltic same construction as was used.in the portion of the road constructed by the Paparua County. The re"onstruoted portion will be 18ft wide. The Drainage Board intends continuing its sewer some few chains westward from Clyde road, and will not, at present, continue it on to Church corner as there is work in connexion with its scheme in more densely populated parts of the City that is more urgent.