Roads and Bridges.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1922, Page 4

Roads and Bridges.

WELLINGTON, Jan. 11

■Mr CJ. AV. Forbes to-day introduced a deputation to tbe Minister of Works from the Kaikoura County Council to urge the necessity of proceeding with several long-promised works. The speakers.were Messrs S. Andrew (chairman of the Council), C. Pannel and F. (J. Stan bury. They stated that tin* district had been waiting five years for a bridge over Cribb Creek, and the Minister had stated the work was urgently needed. ..Mr Coates replied that he would call fug tenders again. The former tenders were too high. Mr Stanbiirv strongly urged the ne•csity of the expenditure on the C'har- | deviation, declaring that nothing i ad been expended by the Government oil this road for fifty years, tie explained the difficulties of the settlers i'.dm, for a whole fortnight, owing to die impassable state of the nnbridged ■road, were obliged to throw away cream

which should have been taken to a creamery. The education of the childicii also had been interfered with owing to the rapid rising of tlie snowfed creek preventing them getting to

si bool. \!r Coates asked if the Council was prepared to subsidise any expenditure eii this road, and was informed that tlie settlors considered ihe Government should undertake the whole cost, as noC !ng had been done for so many years. The Minister explained that the work iuul been put in i'le third-class list of urgency. Air Forbes remarked that he could not understand this, as the creelr was extremely dangerous. Mr Coates said he would secure an engineer’s report on the matter and further discuss it with Mr Forbes. The Minister was reminded of the fact that the .£<soo grant far the C*«»-wny-Clnverley road had uni been expended, and was also urged to complete the large Conway cutting on which only ir.o im n are employed. He promised to look into these mutiers.