Avenue of Palms

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 144, 6 July 1937, Page 7

Avenue of Palms

NAPIER ENTRANCE Council to Share in Kenncdy Road Extension Coiti

SUBSID1SED WORK The Napier Borough CJduncii* last night deeided to agree to its share, £825, of the cost of £1125, for the extehslon of Eennedy rddd to, TFapier Park. Gthftr ihterested local Dociies are td coiitribute part of the costs, and the whole of the cost of labour is to be borne "by the State as part of the schdnie fdr the absorptidh of sustefiaii&S ldlkmr local-body subsidised wdtks. The cost of £1125 has bebn allocated as folloWs:-— * Napier Harbour Boaid 400 Hawke 's Bay Gounty Council 325 Napier Borough Couficil )•(.. 325 Taradale Town Bdard *••••> 78 The. -county's proposals included * provision that the Gofinty Council should undertake the work; "It is an indirect benefit .to the borough," said the Mayor, Mr C. O. Morse, "in that it will bring people more quickly to Napier." Mr M. S. Spence: Does it meah.iliali if we pay this amount the road will go through at no fufther cOst to' ufel The Mayor: Any additional cofit, if I remember -rightly, will be borne oa this basis. He continued that twb small portioni of private prOperty would haVe td acquired at a cost of no more than £i00. Tlie remainder of the lafid would be provided by the Ndpier Hifbour Board. "Here we have an oppor trinity oi making for Napier one of the fihest entrances a town could have," eaid the chairman of reserves, Mr A. iSEi D. Mayne. "We have Kennedy idad tnd Kennedy road extension planted with palms, and. if we continued that Ulong the stretch o.f etraight road for ttro miles Napier would have an apprdach that would be talked of ail dver. Ndw Zealand." The council agreed to the arringement of costs, "