THE MAIN SOUTH ROAD

Evening Star, Issue 19791, 15 February 1928, Page 3

THE MAIN SOUTH ROAD

RECONSTRUCTION BARRIERS At last evening’s meeting of the Otago Motor Club a letter was received from Mr A. L. Burk, the town clerk of the Green Island Borough Council, who stated that portions of the Main road through the Green Island Borough, which was under reconstruction, were being roped off to enable tho work to be carried out as quickly and efficiently as possible. Unfortunately some motorists were disregarding these barriers, and were hampering the work to a needless extent. Because this work was to the benefit of motorists generally, it was asked that the matter bo brought to the notice of members, with a request for their co-operation and assistance. At the same time it was pointed out that any unauthorised person interfering with ropes or barriers would be prosecuted.

The Chairman (Mr A. E. Ansell) said that the Green Island Borough Council had gone to a great deal of trouble when the work of reconstruction was commenced, and all motorists wished to help the people in that district. He was surprised that motorists should go to the extremes involved in shifting barriers to get on to the tar maca (Tamed roads.

Mr Williams, engineer for the borough, stated that the tar macadamed part started at the foot of Lookout Hill, and extended into the borough to a. distance of a, little over two miles. There was still a considerable amount of horse traffic on tho road. Mr Ansell stated that the club had made an offer to shift tho abattoirs’ corner.

Mr Williams; “Keep that in view of future unemployment. If the necessity arises that is one of the jobs that could be done.” The speaker moved that the Highways Board be written to with the suggestion that w’hen the unemployment question arose again improvements could be carded out to this corner at the foot of Lookout Point.