HASTINGS RAILWAY STATION

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 6, 30 September 1937, Page 4

HASTINGS RAILWAY STATION

d 81 I i» I "Exhaustive Investigation Being Made" NO MENTION IN BUDGET Except that a eomplete investigation is now being made into the nxattof| the Minister of Railways, the Hon* D. G. Suilivan, was uhable to give an in* dication as to the decision arrived ®t regarding the construction oi a noYir i"ailway station at Hastings as desifed by Mr. E. L. Cullen, M.P., when to? ceiitiy giving notice of a question in the Ho.use of Representatives. When making the inquiry, Mf. Cullen said that a deputation fronx the MayoV, Mr. G. A. Maddiaon, inembers of ttlio Hastings Borough Council and various businesstnen waited oft the Minister- when he visited Hastings, ahd represented the danger which exisied at the crossings and poihted out ihe urgency of opening up for trafiio two streets that are at present blocked by the railway station; "The suggested requirements and reorganisation of the rsdlway faiJilities at Hastings involve an exhaustive in- • vestigation, the preparation of plana and of estiniates before a concrete proposal can be developed," Baid the Minister in his written reply to Mr. • Cullen 's question. "As the investigation has not been completed the imatter has hofc been brought to a stage where a deCisioh can be made," he said. "Howevef everything possible is being done to oxpedi.te the furnishing of the reports and the honourable member will be advised of the position in due course." It is interesting to note that in the Public Works expendituro for the coming year the Budget provides fOf an amount of £2,203,000 to be spent on the railways throughout the Uominion, but while the East Coast lin^ . will receive a small share Of this expenditure, fio iuentiOn is fiiade of Hastings or Napier. A further £150,000 ie to be spent on the, railway yafds It Wellington, bringing the total expObdituro up to £1,229,953.