A PROMENADE SUBURB.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1678, 19 February 1913, Page 3

A PROMENADE SUBURB.

ORIENTAL BAY AND ITS APPROACH. Both the Mayor (Mr D MXaren) and thn Citv Engineer (Mr. W. Jl.. moi ron; are impressed with the notion . Hiat OrienSF.Bay should.be "finished off as soon as time and money permit. IMB attractive part- of _the city is really h only mar no parade left to Wellington now that the whole of tho To Aro fore-"Ce-has.been shut off from the public and as the gentle sweep of the bay lends itself to parade purposes, as being nearest to the most thickly populated patts of Wellington, yet fully exposed to the harbour at a point entirely unobstructed by shipping activities.. Furthermore, the improvements mooted, have long been promised Oriental Bay residents, and .tho ragged state of the beach calls loud y for a comprehensive scheme,, which will provide a fine parade, and give the beach a-tidy appearance. Mr. Mortons idea .is tJ.continue the vertical .concrete from Fitzgerald's- Point right .round the bay to a point near tho juncUon of tho main approach to Eoseneath and itlie Oriental Bay Eoad; to form a wide sidewalk, a bicvele track, and a 100 ft. wide road as far'round as circumstances will permit. The workT'coiild not perhaps bo done all at once, but what work is done should bo part of a comprehensive scheme. Even as it exists to-day Oriental Bay is the most popular walk m Wellington, and if it were put properly in order it would add considerably to tho attractions of ■ Wellington. Mr. Morton holds the opinion that Oriental Bay would be a highly desirable place for band concerts on Sundays and in the ovonings, and with a double tramlino would prove a lucrative 'revenue-pro-ducer for, although'it is within walking distance of ono part, of tho city (Wellington East), it would becomo a favounto resort for residents of mord distant parts. • Tho Mayor believes that a good deal could be' done, too, in improving the approach to Oriental Bay. Ho advocates breaking up that wide expanse of roadway opposite the/Clyde Quay School, with little ■• "rockeries," as is the case in Circular Quay, Sydney,' whero thero is a hundred times more traffic than thero is at.Clyde Quay. These "rockeries aro littlo ovals and circles, outlined in roufh rock, in the centre of which are plots of grass with perhaps a cactus, or some hardy shrub in Ihe centre. Not only do they provide a pleasant eye-rest, but the Mayor believes that they would provo a deterrent to the dust nuisti^io. It is more than probable that the new City Council will be asked to approve of a grant, of money beim? made for the continuation of Hie parade into Oriental Bay from Clyde Quay.