LYLL BAY IMPROVEMENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 3

LYLL BAY IMPROVEMENT.

: -'■'■'; PROPOSED ROAD.. •..'., —I A proposal connected with tho improve-.': ineut of Lyall Bay was before'the Mirainar Borough Council last'nightv' Messrs. Brandon; Kisldp,' and.. Brandon wrote that /tho late. H. D.'Ci'awford's ttustees 'were negotiationg with the City Council, for the sale of 21 acres' stretching from tHe city .boundary to the roud leading to. the quarry and lying/along the beach. /The trnsteus' made a. condition that a: road should';• run' through : the< land at ii of 'two. chains, ifrom/ high water mark, to bo.formed vby.tlie '.couiicil:2sil. wide, .the trustees conveyiug.;y[i chain wide foi-'the'road; The council wishod •tile road ; to. :Skirt ,the reserve, ■ insttvul | ot i intersecting . it. The i council': was to make, the \rbad>: within .-five years..-. To make the road more than. 25V0i , .. 30ft. wide ivbuld.be imi'c waste,,as; it lvpuld not' 'lie niucli' used,. and .there would bo '-buildings only 'on- one side- and not many ;of them, it'would bo a great advantage'to have the road. e,xtendechin; ; that way > for driving purposes, ahd : the'.foriiiation o£ tlie :■ .Queen's .•.Drive,' j even; - iii\ ; Maranui, was only as wide as "it-was'proposed to uiTike this road. It would bo : .necef n ary: to vest the road ,iu Uie Miramur Coiraiiil, and the council was asked to accept the road as a .public road with an: liridertiikiilif . by., the' , Ci!y',iCouncil■■• to form the road' 'within , ;'five yeatsi , . with ■ kerbing; channelling, arid :on the nor.tli side, formation'of .20' to 25ft wide properly: nictallcd, : There '■. would bo an undertaking "that' there should bc.no>' residential-buildings (in the south side,' and. the council, might- -plant; or other-; 1 wise improve tho rest of .the road, , ; It , this was. arranged, 1 ttie; difficulty■' in. the way of .'the p'utcha'sc of the-. 21 ■','■ acres' would bo ' obviated. " Tho writers hoped tho; council would give the matter early attentions and' would co-operate with Hue City Council and. tho estate .in ..bringing about' an arrangement.'which would be most advantageous to the. general public. The .Mayor remarked that thV request meant' a" departure from the council's roading-requirements. : .On his' suggestion'' the. letter was referred.to a committee to consider and report. ■ -".. .. ' :