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“PLACE WHERE A ROAD OUGHT TO BE.”

- - ■ V' levin to hokio beach. p AID TO BE SOUGHT FROM THE f v -‘- GOVERNMENT. f • - L A complaint was received by the f Horowhenua County Council on Satur--1 day from Messrs F. Lowe and Sons, ■- contractors for the conveyance of %\school children from Hokio to. Levin, regarding the atate of the Beach road. is pot-holed,” they stated, “from one end to ,the other, and after every r- shower of' rain it is under water. ’ ’ They asked that the Council should put X : a little metal in the worst of,the holes. Attention was also drawn to the condi- ! tion of the bridge on the Beach side v 'of Mr Bob. Borie’s. If something was not done there soon, there would be an accident, and .as the school bus had to pass over :.tbe bridge twice daily with children- the .matter was urgent. &f A lettef also received from the -- -Levin Boroiigh Council drawing atten- '' tion to ; the state of disrepair of the v Beach fohd, and asking for an improve- \ ment of the existing conditions. The - Town Clerk mentioned that during last / year, a deputation, on which a Borf! ough representative was appointed, was formed’to vis.it.Wellington and approach 1 the-Ministers of Agriculture and Education with a view of getting a subsidy tyt from their respective departments toft wards the - maintenance of the road. This deputation never left Levin, and the Borough CounciLwould like to sug'■y.'.gest. that the present Avould be an opv. port&ne time to make the overtures. The • 'j ' writer added that it was understood \ that the County Council decided to make some improvement to the bridge v ' over the Hokio stream. fLV The chairman (Mr Monk) stated that •(' there was £BO on the estimates to spend W' on this road. In regard to the deputa-

tion, he thought that this Council made arrangements for it, but the time did not suit the Borough representative and it was abandoned. He was speaking from memory, and might be mistaken. Parliament was sitting now, and there was no reason why both Ministers should not be seen by a deputation. The times were not just as Councillors would like them to be for obtaining a grant from the Government. However, through Messrs Field and Linklater, M.’sP., they could arrange a deputation and give those interested an opportunity to place their case before the Ministers.

Cr. Catley having asked if the Departments had interests in the Beach road, Gr. Kilsby explained that there was a branch of the Weraroa Boys’ Training Farm at the Beach, and the Education Department used the road a good deal in the summer months, as there were quite a number of boys stationed there during the season. The Department, sank an artesian well at the home and made improvements to the buildings; it used the road a lot, and the Council would only be justified in asking the Department for a grant. Civ Kilsby added that something should be done to make an improvement to the bridge. He asked if the Council had made a survey which it had proposed to make for the diversion of the river.

The Engineer (Mr Anderson;: No; there is no hope of doing anything this year. There is nothing on the estimates for it.

Cr. Kilsby: I think I mentioned something to you, one time, about putting up a kind of stop, to prevent people going into t-lie river on the other side. The Engineer: It has not been done. Cf. MeLeavey: The bridge is ■ quite :,.ife, isn’t it? The Engineer: Yes; it is quite safe. , Cr. Kilsby: The approach to the bridge is -the trouble.

Cr. MeLeavey: You cannot go over at 60 miles an hour.

Cr. Catley stated that a committee from this Council and the Borbugh Council visited the spot and agreed that something should be done, but there was no set. time for doing it. When the estimates came up, as there was not an urgent necessity for the bridge work it was not provided for. The first step would be to acquire the land that was needed for the diversion and have the survey carried out. He had gone to the trouble of finding out the owners of the property, and it was for the Council to go a little further. If it, would take the necessary steps to acquire the land, there would be straight going as soon as the means were available. The Council must provide for people who were actually engaged in producing; theirs was the first need. It was impossible with the present allotment to keep the road in repair, with the existing traffic and the state into which the road had fallen. The repairs could not be done out of revenue; and the position ought to be gone into seriously.

The Engineer stated that when the crusher was shifted it would be possible to put some metal on the road. The crusher had been in the Settlement pit, and he thought it would be shifted in the coining week. Cr. Catley remarked tha-t similar conditions obtained on Arawhata road and Sand road.

The Engineer: You could not do much on the Sand road at the present time. Cr. Catley: They should be done, as far as possible, earlier in the season, because they are only partly-formed roads and they cut up so easily. The Engineer: If you put a heavy lorry with metal on Beach road now, you will- cut, it right through. Cr. Catley: It is not a road, but a place where a road ought to be.

The Chairman: You have to bear in

mind that the amount of metal to go on is only a few shovelfuls per chain. It would not be wise to spend the whole allocation at once.

Cr. Kilsby: The majority of it should be spent before the dry season sets in. The Engineer stated that it would cost 12s a yard to take metal to the far end of the road.

The Chairman: I have no doubt the Engineer will/do the best he can and get the most metal out for the money. All he has to do is not to exceed the estimate.

On the motion of the'ehairman, seconded by Cr. Kilsby, it was decided to ask Messrs Field and Linklater, M.’sP., to arrange with the Ministers of Education and Agriculture to receive a deputation from the County and Borough Councils to ask for a grant for the Beach road.

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Shannon News, 12 July 1927, Page 4

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“PLACE WHERE A ROAD OUGHT TO BE.” Shannon News, 12 July 1927, Page 4

“PLACE WHERE A ROAD OUGHT TO BE.” Shannon News, 12 July 1927, Page 4

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