FUTURE HIGHWAYS.
It is very much to bo hoped that Parliament will be able in the forth-
coming session to reach some iinality •with regard to the -•. policy of road construction and maintenance
At tin present moment, with motor traffic increasing in volume every week, till roads of tlie Dominion are sull’erinr very severe wear asul tear without the controlling bodies receiving any com pensation in the way of rates or taxe.to make good the damage. . County Councils are faced with heavy pro
grammes of road construction and re placement of bridges but are afraid t ; move owing to uncertainty as to wlia consideration they will receive whci the new highway authority is establish
ed. As things are, local bodies enmio 1 be expected to do their full share ii roadmaking, and the roads and bridge must get steadily into worse condition
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Otaki Mail, 11 April 1923, Page 4
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