SAND DRIFT NUISANCE
MAYOR ON WORSER BAY TROUBLE MISTAKE MADE IN UPROOTING LUPINS When consulted yesterday about :he serious disabilities which the residents of one part of Worser Bay are at present suffering through the aggression of sand blown up and across the road from the beach, the Alayor (Mr. ft. A. Troup) said that a big mistake hac been made in uprooting the lupins Eround the new bathing shed. A certain patch had to be cleared for the building, but there was no reason to clear off such a large area around the structure, and so allow the sand to sweep across the road, and become a general nu.sance. He sympathised with the residents, but said at the same time tint it had to be remembered that the original settlers went to Worser Bay knowing all about the sand drift. At that itme, when Air. Hearne built a puniber of little cottages along the base of the hill for summer use, there was nothing to prevent the sand sweeping across the road and invading the premises, but now, when the houses were better, people expected the council to do everything, and do it at once, though much the same conditions had remained tinremedied the whole time Worser Ba/ was under the jurisdiction of the Alinmar Borough Council. These things were legacies from another body, aid they could not be remedied instanter
The position now was that lupins or marram grass or both would be plaited in the sand above high-water marl in clue season on those section where the drift took place. He hoped that a start would be made with the paving <f the Worser Bay Road with bitumen ai soon as possible. That might not b< this summer, but possibly at the bepnning of the next paving season. H-‘ knew pretty well what the roadside residents were suffering on account of tie dust nuisance caused by the heavy motor traffic round the various bays in this fine, dry weather, but that c*uld not be averted all at once.
“You would be surprised,” laid Air. Troup, “at the number ol cills I get from all kinds of people to [revent the dust nuisance in their streets. I do not for one moment think tlcy exaggerate their troubles, but we cannot do every street at once, 'lhe hot-mix plants are going at top low, and we are working to a definite programme, but there is hope ahead for everyone. The trouble is that the public are now aware of the value of paved streets, and those who are not on a paved street see that those who are have an advantage, and, naturally, they wish to be placed in the same position.”
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 119, 17 February 1928, Page 8
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453SAND DRIFT NUISANCE Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 119, 17 February 1928, Page 8
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