County Council's Lack Of Action Criticised

Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1949, Page 4

County Council's Lack Of Action Criticised

• Criticism of the Horowhenua County Council's lack of action in regard to several matters at WaiI kanae is containedjn a letter from •the Waikanae Beach Progressive ! and Ratepayers' Association to .the j Horowhenua County Council, a copy of which .h'as been handed to the Press! It/also reviews over•tures made to . the council dur-ing the past few years and en'quires jwhether'a greater measure of suc'cess can be obtained in the future. I The association directs the council's attention ,to .efforts over the past four years to institute zonin'g, as it exists -along . the .coast from Paekakariki northwards to the Waikanae River. so that promiscuous factory building camiot mar "one of the loveliest garden suburbs in New Zealand." Nothing had yet been done, adds the letterj Mention is made of the condition of the water supply pumping system and the fact 'that the .township is at times without water, i Some four months ago a depu-' tation had met the council's chair- ' man and members for the Te Horo ; riding, .continues the letter, on the questioh of making a small portion of the new sports area a place for public purposes so that a hall could be erected there when the time was opportune. A reply had been promised "after the 'next council meet.ing," but had^not yet been received. | Representations . had also been made in regard to the reticulation of a new subdivision, but it had j been' found that the council had inot specified this when the land ! owners had asked for its requirements for the subdivision. The 1 land had now been subdivided and ' sold, and the whole cost would f all on the ratepayers when the council decided to carry out the work. "The plantation reserves remaln, in spite of our representation, the greatest fire menace in the district, filled as they are with dry lupin and other highly inflammable rubbish." There were other matters whicii ! could be enumerated, adds the ietI ter, but it would be realised that j the people of the distriet, who were hea-vily rated, had some ! reason for imagining that the i council wels not wholeheartedly fostering the development of the area. ' .. . [ Concluding, the association asKs the council to advise the probabie [ cost to the ■ ratepayers _ oi the re- ! ticulation of the subdivision- and ) its attitude towards the taking of a | portion of the new reserve for pub- \ lic purposes. I Letter Before Council i This letter came before the counj cil at its montldy meeting in Levin t yesterday and the various points I roioori wprp e.nnsidered in comnlit-

| tee.v A reply in accordance with j the discussion will be sent to Ihe ! association.