ROAD WORKS

Lake County Mail, Issue 4, 18 June 1947, Page 2

ROAD WORKS

Glenorchy’s Need of Access The completion of several road schemes in Southland was urged at the conference held under the auspices of the Southland Progress League, between representatives of local bodies and Southland Members of Parliament, on June 5.

“ The completion of tins long-delayed highway would not only give access to a very isolated community, but would give easy entry to an area where the "randeur of lake, mountain and river scenery is not surpassed anywhere in New Zealand,” said Mr J. N. Armour, when speaking to a remit from the Lakes County Council urging the early completion of the Queenstown-Glenorchy road.

Mr T. L. Macdonald, M.P., in reply said he and his colleagues realised tin: importance of this road. The community at Glenorchy was cut off and so far as he could see as a layman there were few engineering difficulties in the way of making the road. He had been surprised to learn that there were between 200 and 800 persons in the Glenorehv district.

It would be a fairly costly job to make the Queenatown-Glenorchy road, but it was a road that should be made, said the Hon. T. F. Doyle, M.L.C. Afforestation In speaking to a further remit from the Lakes County Council, asking Southland Members of Parliament to urge the Government to grant financial assistance to local bodies to carry out afforestation schemes on Crown land areas in Southland, Mr J. N. Armour said that with Government assistance the Lakes Council and similar bodies could accomplish some afforestation that would be additional to any work it carried on in established State Forestry Department areas. The timber resources of the Dominion were being cut out to a greater extent than replacement was taking place. Therefore the establishment of greater areas of exotic forest was essential.

“We arc all in favour of afforestation,” said Mr T. L. Macdonald, M.P., in reply. “ The Lake County Council can rest assured that wc will do all we can to foster any afforestation schemes in Southland because they will be of benefit not only to Southland, but also to New Zealand.”