TRAFFIC CONTROL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 128, 1 June 1937, Page 5

TRAFFIC CONTROL

DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSAL

PETONE .COUNCIL APPROVES

I The members of the Petone. Boi-ough I Council discussed briefly last evening the-proposals made by the Trans-' ■ rport Department for the formation Of metropolitan districts,for (he control of rfraffic. - - : ■'..'.: 'Thb- 'proposals would remove1 from llocal bodies the collection of fees .for jririv'ers' licences, which work would be Mnfccn over by the Post Office, and dis[irit'ts would be constituted in which (the-, largest local body would take over (the .control- of, tra/lic, and would'be jp.'iicl the licence fees less the cost of col- ■ p'ic-tion.- In 'fhecase of "thb'Jiutt Val-" fJ'.y the 'area woufd be controlled -by ft. I-?' officers appointed 'by Wellington tciiy^ . ■■'.:■•. * :" ; ■••• "■ The. Mayor (ivfr.- A. Scholefleld)' said: •di would mean the loss to the borough of £400 in licence fees, but if the borough intended to carry out proper mcHor control ,it would have, to appoint another inspector, so that the loss might not be so great. -, Several councillors pointed out the need of better Control, and mentioned, float a possibly better arrangement Avould be for the Hutf Valley, apart ifrom "Wellington, to be constituted a control district. . On the motion of Councillor E. T.E. Hogg it was decided to reply thatDPetone offered no objection to the proposals. Councillor D. M. Dickson disjscrited.on the ground that what Petone Jhad it 'should hold;- be ■ was not -in ttavour'of the control passing from" (Fclpne....,'.', . ' . ' ; ~