COUNTY WORKS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 143, 8 February 1939, Page 4

COUNTY WORKS

The country engineer, Mr. W*- W. • Upton, reported as follows /at •»

monthly iheeting of the Opotiki County Council:— -r - } .Otark Road Sealing: The.-distance of the road from the Otar^t-W aioeka ; Junction to the aerodrome legate is about 70 chains with a consolidated depth .of gravel of about three inches. This depth would suffic- .'. ient to shal" on. The cUtiSf? to. seal this pi&ap of road 16 feet wide with \ two .eoats-of emulsion would he about £7OfTA. Owing to the short length wdtdditcost ■■■’ more: to lay the coat, with bitumen on aoeoun" more that would be and transport costs.

Ruatuna Road: Tenders were in- 1 vited for the expenditure of the grant ||' on this road-and none received. * 1 % would suggest that the work be done by the council. Omahumutu Road: The earthwork/ on thisxoad has been completed*' together with the laying of nine cul- t verts. \ .

Roads Op ape Block: 1 attended j the, recent sitting of the Natfi%. Land A Contis in support of the' application n to. have various road lines which were ij in use. and on which public money j had been spent proclaimed public t‘ roads. There was no objection to ' j the application. j j .Drain Cleaned: The Western drain id on the Kukumoa, from the junction Iwith . the. Ekst&M'i." drajn tV v Shove’s [i upper boundary lias been eleaned r ,.the f cost being £93 Is 4d. v. . " J. j> Eastern Drain: in with | Councillors Clark, and Maxwell 1 l made an inspection of this drain. The drain is fairly clean,' 1 except in j Messrs. Fairweather’s -and Wood- j side’s properties, where -cleaning is required. , Verrall’s Hoad; The contract for 4 work on this road,-.for which there is j a£2 for £1 grant does not embrace | all the funds available. 1 propose j j£to get the contractor, to do extra 1 mark. ' ' ' j Tirolianga Bridge: Plans have been j prepared for re-building this bridge / in''-rein forced concrete, the Highway •grant .being £SOO, ’£3 for. £1 .on ac- » 1 count-. • MJaromoko. Bridge: Plans; for this bridge are nearly'completed l . j " General Maintenance: 'Gravelling • s repairs have been done on the. 'Otara, ■ Waiawa," Crooked, Tirohanga, .Clark’s j tand Woodlands roads. ' The planer has worked on awa, Otara, Hospital and Woodlands roads. Woodlands Dip road' has been reformed with the grader in readiness for metalling. Tenders: Tenders have been invited to be dealt with .to-dav for the following contracts;'- ""Tyt - x - r . Contract Xo.-o&r for gravelling l mile 55 chains Omarumutu road. Contract No. 557 for reforming and metalling 28 chains Keen’s road. Tenders can he invited for raising iand metalling the low piece on the f Wainui road. I would ask council to appoint a committee to deal with any tenders. ... ...