WITHIN A MONTH

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 113, 10 February 1928, Page 10

WITHIN A MONTH

GLASGOW STREET-WIDEN-ING TO BEGIN

A' petition bearing over 100 signatures and praying for the widening and paving of Glasgow Street, was presented to the City Council last night by a deputation of residents from Kelburn and Northland.

The petitioners claimed that the street was now a main arterial highway, and that the vehicular traffic upon it had reached such dimensions as to make foot traffic unsafe. The dust nuisance also was considerable and had caused serious depreciation in the value of some properties. To safeguard life and limb, they asked that the complete tion of the work should be made a matter of urgency. Mr. M. Myers, K.C., said that the petition was not more widely signed because they had not thought it desirable to seek signatures from the public at large. The petition bore the names of men of responsibility who were unlikely to press for expenditure on a work which was not absolutely necessary. Also they considered that the council could satisfy itself by inspection of the locality that the work should be done. Traffic was increasing and the distance between the watertable and the fence at one spot was onlv 16| feet. There was no footpath and no possibility of one in existing circumstances. The present position simply invited disaster. Mr. J. McDonald said that the dust penetrated into the best built house, even when the windows were shut. He cited several cases of narrow escapes which he had seen.

Plans had been partly prepared and the city engineer stated that he would be able to commence work within one month, said the Mayor (Mr. G. A. Troup), The work had been scheduled on the loan proposals, their intention had been to carry it out, and he thought he could say that the council as a whole was alive’ to the urgency of