OUR MAIN ROADS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 226, 1 September 1914, Page 4

OUR MAIN ROADS.

Provision for tho expenditure of j public funds upon main arterial roads ! I is made in the Local (.nauts and Suhj bidks liill, which was introduced iu j | the House of lb'presentatives on; ! Friday evening. The ascertainment 1 of roads which are " main arterial'' j and the expenditure required are to j be recommended hy tlio hoard of ' w< rks constituted hy the Bill, and) its repoit is to he presented to the j I llouse of lb pipsentatives. I 1 lie Kill defines a main aiteriili j road as orie which passes in a con- ' I tinuous line from a railway to a sea- j j port. Continuity will not lie deemed ; to be broken by reason merely tint j j part of the road is a street of a ; | borough, or is within a town district, j I A further clause of the definition j ! provides that Ihe road must ho .-o generally used tint Unsubstantially . unjust that funds f<.r its maintenance and repair should bo exclusively provided by the local authorities of | the districts through which the road I passes. Subject to this delinitiotr a j main arterial road is a road which Parliament determines to be such in I accordance with a report by the ' board A further duty of the board will i j be to deteimine what proportion of j ! the cost "I e .nsiruction, maintenance, j and repiir of such roads should be | ci>ntribineil by heal authorities, and j what (xjenoi me should be made i from public ii.rnls. '1 ho reports of | the board ate to lie submitted to the House of lJepii s* ntative?, and pro-i i \ i.-ion is tu be made for expenditure ! ia accordance with the resolution of the House. Ano.hur s.ction of the Bill provides that all annual license fees paid in respect of motor vehicles shall be paid over to the Board of Works after tiro cost of administration has been deducted. These monies are to be kept in a separate account and utilised for the -pecial maintenance and repair of such roads and bridges j us arc most utilised for motor trallic.

Charge on Public Funds-

Some important Proposals.