WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

Hokitika Guardian, 9 February 1926, Page 4

WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, FEBR FAR V yth

OVERSEER'S MONTHLY RKPOKT

northern riding

Palmer's Creek Bridge and approaches, £660 grant. The bridge construction party under the direction of Bridge Foreman Reynolds, completed the driving of seven piles to date, and the stringers are placed in position. A start lias been made witli the approaches.

Repairs wore effected by clearing encroaching growth, cleaning watertables, and repairing bad holes and ruts with gravel on the portion of road between Larrikin’s Loopline and the foot of Sandy’s Hill. Watson’s Mill road was attended to and repaired with gravel between the main road and the mill. Gillum’s Gully road repairs were put in hand, a horse and dray and two men being employed for cartage of stone and filling ruts and road centre. Portions of Arabura Valley and .Humphreys Road were cleared, repaired and roiled with the ten ton roller. Watertables were cleaned on Blue Spur to Arabura Road', ami a portion or the old track cleared between Arabura River and Kawbaka. Arabura River Protection, south bank above Malfrov and Coys, tramway bridge, was repairoil by replacing a quantity oi manuka scrub facing. Arrangements were made for metalling the Awatuna road. CENTRAL RIDING.

Widening and improving Slip Hill. The work of re-opening the old race leading from left hand brunch to the top of Slip Hill was completed, the pipe line laid, and boxes constructed in readiness fur sluicing which will lie in progress on Tuesday, February Dili. Artlmrstowu Road uns repaired with gravel between hokiLika River Bridge and Ross railway crossing, 360 cubic yards of gravel being delivered on the road by .1. C'pyle, contractor for the gravel supply. Portions of Lake Kiinieri. Ilolutika-Hau Hau, Blue Spur, Mahinapua, Adair’s, Lower Kokatahi, White’s, Koiterungi, Cropp's, HokitikaFlat, and a very bad portion of Wall road, were repaired with gravel and broken metal. Two defective stringers, 21 feet by .16x8. were removed and ioI'laeed in Harris Creek Bridge, No. 1. Koitorangi Road; and a sixteen feet light traffic bridge replaced over the ten feet drain oil Wall Road. Two small defective culverts, one on llokj-tikn-Hau Han. and on Lake Kanieri ILiad were removed and replaced with 1 - inch diameter pipes. Watertaldes were cleaned on Lake Kanieri, jloki-lika-Mau Hau, Blue Spur, Lower Kokatahi and Adair’s Roads. Defective decking was removed and replaced nil White’s toad culverts, ami on several bridges, and culverts in the Kokatahi district, also on Striplaml Creek Bridge, Lake Kanieri Road, and one! culvert on Adair’s Road. Concrete I pipe construction was continued under the direction of F. Selby at the yard Kanieri. A portion of Runlnpu Beach Road was cleared of gorsc and blackberry growth, and roughly repaired

for light vehicle traffic. Four stringers, 20 feet by 14x8, require renewing, also decking renewing on Raft Creek Bridge. Dawson’s Road; and four stringers, 21 feet by 12x10, renewing on Wall Road Bridge: one 31 feet 10x3 one AA’hite Creek Bridge, AA’hite Road. SOFTHFR.Y RIDING. Evan's Road construction. £3OO grant. The work of draining was commenced hut the continued rainfall prevented much progress being made. The Roadman attended to repairs on Petersen, Robertson, Wanganui Flat Roads, and the construction of

a pipe culvert and approaches on Wanganui Flat Road near the new school. Repairs were completed to the damaged portion of the northern approach of Kakapotahi Bridge, also road loading to Waitaha Reach Road. A defective culvert was replaced with 18 inch concrete pipes on Waitaha Settlement Road and approach completed to AA’aitaha Shelter Shed at road junction. A start is to lie made, with the Rohort-son-Haddoek Road connection.

I inspected the line of mad required to give access for vehicle traffic between South Spit and Manauui. The lower portion of Ruatapu Sea Beach Road from the boundary of section 1052. shown on the attached locality plan, to South Spit, is almost impas-

sable for vehicles owing to the accumulation of wind blown sand, and a grant of £25 is necessary to level the sand bills to keep the road open for traffic. This work would only be temporary as a heavy wind from the west would soon obliterate all traces of the roadway. The most practical route is a com

tinuatioii of the road along the western bank of Mnhinapua. Creek as far as Alahiuupun Railway Bridge, and thence by way of the Railway Reserve to the lower boundary of section 1052, a total distance, including the length necessary along Mnhinnpiui Creek Reserve of 50 chains. A surface cleared i and formed line suitable for light wheel traffic can be constructed for £SO, but not including the removal of the railway fence to the eastern side of the road line. The road iine I requires clearing and old timber remov- i ing to the eastern side of road line ! before the fence is removed from its present position for, approximately, a distance of 40 chains. Tlio cost ot ro- i moral and re-erection of the fence will | be £2O.