Over Half Million for Main Highways

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 183, 24 October 1927, Page 14

Over Half Million for Main Highways

GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES

AUCKLAND APPROPRIATIONS

(THE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. Last year £550,000 was appropriated for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of main highways throughout New Zealand. This year the sum of £600,000 is proposed in the Public < Works Estimates. 4 LTHOUGH, as in past years, there are to be a number of free grants, the majority of votes to the various districts are to be given as subsidies, mostly on the basis of £ for £. In special instances subsidies as large as £5 for £1 are to be given. The proposed appropriations for the Auckland Province and contiguous districts, together with the amount expended of last year’s vote, are as follow: No. 1 HIGHWAY DISTRICT (AUCKLAND NORTH). Voted. Spent Last Year.

and Stratford-Taumarunui, £9,321. j For the Auckland-Wellington main highway (via Taranaki). £3,000 is included in the King Country vote; £20,197 , in the Taranaki vote; £9,059 in the Wanganui vote; and £50,776, in the Wellington West vote; a total of £83,032. * COUNTY ROADS The following are the grants of £250 ] and over for roads and bridges in the Auckland district for the coming . year:— Coromandel. —Colville to Port Charles, . £9.000; Coromandel to Colville (Coast . Road, £2OO, £2 for £1), £1,355; Tai- 1 wewe Road, £400; Tapu to Coroglen, £1,500. , Franklin. —Allsop’s Bay to Manukau j Heads signal station, £500; Clark’s Road (on account £1,750, £1 for £1), £500; Hull’s Hermitage Road (£1 for £2), £600; Hunua to Clevedon, £400; Mangatangi to Maeranga (£1 for £1), £286; Papakura to Mangatawhirl (Happy Valley section, on account of £I,OOO £1 for £l, £500); Quinn Road (£700,’ £1 for : £2), £I,OOO Razorback to Jericho Road £25, £1 for £2, and £350, £2 for £1), £375; Ramarama Hall to Bombay (£1 for £1), £638; Shakespeare-Sands Road (£1 for £1), £300; Taurangaruru £1 for £1), £2,200; Urquhart’s Road (£1 for £1), £334; Waiuku to Kariotahi (on account of £BOO, £1 for £1). £500; Waipipi to Pollok (on account £2,035, £1 for £1), £1,250. Hauraki Plains. —Awaiti Block Roads (on account £1,700, £1 for £1), £600; Fisher’s Road (on account £I,BOO, £1 for £1), £300; Kaihere to Torehape (£2OO, £1 for £1), £850; Ngararahi Stop-bank Road (£2OO, on account £1,200, £1 for £1). £400; Patetonga Riding Roads (£4 for £1 on account), £6,000; Pukuhu West Road (on account £7OO, £1 for £1), £300; School Road (on account £1,000), £1 for £1), £300; Waitakaruru to Morrinsville (on account £1,400, £2 for £1), £SOO. Kawhia.—Kawaroa (£6OO, £1 for £1), £1,960; Makoko Road (£2 for £1), £300; Muturangi Bridge (£2 for £1), £300; Ounu Road ,£600; Taumatutotara (East). £550; Taumatutora (West, £1,300. £2 for £1), £1,700; Whakapirau, £4OO. Manukau. —Clevedon - Kawakawa Road (£1 for £1), £337; Kawakawa to Matingarahi (£1,200, £2 for £1), £1,600; Mill Road Bridge, £750; Papatoetoe to Howick (£1 for £1), £300; Smith’s Bridge (Brookby, £1 for £1), £750. Matamata. —Horahora Special Area Rods (£1 for £1). £400; Manga whero Road (£1 for £1), £368; Matamata to account £3,000 £1 for £1), £500; Paraonui, £562; Peria Road (on account £2,000, £1 for £1), £300; Putaruru to Waotu (on account, £3,000, £1 for £1), £2,000; Richmond Downs Road (£1 for £1) £500; Te Poi to Matamata Road (on * account, £7OO. £1 for £1), £400; Whitehall special area (road to railway on account £2,000, £1 for £1), £1,000; Waihau Stream Bridge (Hinuera —Te Poi Road account £BOO, £1 for £1), £300; Waihau Stream Bridge (Okoroire on account £1,200, £1 for £1), £3OO. Ohinemuri. —Ohinemuri River Bridge Paeroa). £5,250; Pukewera Road, £300; Waihi Beach Road, £448; Waihi to Whangamata, £11,125. Otorohanga. —Barber’s Road (£2 for £1) £880; Kawa to Pukemapou (on account £2.800. £2 for £1), £800: Manga - whero Road (on account £1,500, £1 for £1) £1,000; Moakurarua Stream Bridge (£2* for £1), £1,200; Otorohanga to Piro- ' ngia (£1 for £1), £900; Owawenga i Valley Road (on account £6,000), £2,500; . Te Kara to Ngaroma (£2 for £1), £9OS; Waimahora Valley, (£2 for £1), £3,100,

Waipiri Road (on account £2,000), £I,OOO. Piako. —Hangawera Roads (on account £SOO, £1 for £3), £250; Hutchinson’s Road (£560 £1 for £2, and £350 £1 for £1), £910; Morrinsville to Mangateparu £1 for £1), £300; Mount Road (£SOO £1 for £1 and £SOO £1 for £2), £1.000; Old Hill Road £1 for £l, £250; Pa woa to Tahuna, £800; Pakarau Soldiers’ Settlement Road (on account £4,200 £2 for £1), £2,600; Tahuna to Ohinewai (on account £2,170 £1 for £1 10s), £1.500; Tauhei Road (£250, on account £I,OOO, £1 for £l, and £SOO £1 for £2), £750; Waihau River Bridge (Te Aroha £1 for £2), £3,500; Waitoa No. 1 Road (on account £2,000 £1 for £2), £I,OOO. Raglan. —Clark’s Road (Pukekawa. £1 for £1), £400; Karaioi Block 5, £400; Makomako, £600; Mangati to Te Akau (£1 for £1), £1,684; Ngaruawahia to Huntly West (£1 for £1), £500; Parson’s Road (£1 for £1), £300; Pukekawa to Mercer (on account £9,000 £1 for £1), £isoo; Rotongaro to Ruawaro (on account £I,OOO £1 for £1), £500; Waikaretu to Port Waikato (on account £3,000 £1 for £1), £2,000. Thames. —Kaueranga to Tairua (on account), £1,000; Matatoki Road (on account £1,500 £1 for £1), £500; Omahu to Otamakite Track, £4,800; Tapu to Coroglen, £2,400; Townsend Road (£1 for £1), £500; Waihi to Whangamata (Whangamata Harbour section on account), £3,000; Wentworth Bridge (on account), £BOO. Waikato. —Hamilton to Matangi (£1 for £1), £1,000; Kopuku Settlement Roads (on account £856), £500; Proctor’s Road (£3 for £1), £1,650; Sedgwick Road (on account £BOO £1 for £1), £300; Tauhei to Morrinsville (£1 for £1), £1,039; Waerenga to Maramarua Road (£1 for £1), £3OO. Waipa. —Alexander Road (£1 for £1), £450; Puahue Soldier Settlement Road (£IOO, on account £I,OOO, £1 for £1; £1,500, £2 for £1), £1,600; Puniu Road £1 for £1), £750; Te Awamutu to Arapuni (£2 for £1), £995; Wha.tawhata to Rotokauri (on account £1,200, £1 for £1), £3OO. Waitemata. —Brooklyn to Huia (£1 for £1), £450; Deep Creek Wharf Road (£1 for £1) £250; Forest Hill Road (£1 for £1), £375; Greenhithe to Cut Hill (£1 for £1). £550; Orakei Waterfront Road, £123,000.

Auckland-Wainui (vir Bir- £ £ kenhead 5,500 4,796 Auckland-Helensville .. 8,196 10,694 Kumeu Railway StationAlbany Road .. .. .. 120 708 Helensville-Waiwera 123 779 Waiwera-Mangawai .. . . 620 2,489 Warkworth-Kaipara Flats Station 690 1,109 Wayby-Maungaturoto .. .. 1,467 854 Kaimata-Mangawai 727 Whangarei-Dargaville .. .. 41 Whangarel-Kawakawa . . .. 6,616 Maungatapere-Kaitoke 9,143 7,569 Kawakawa-Mangamuka 8,498 Waimamaku-Ohaeawai 5.233 Kohukohu-Te Karae .. .. 2,141 Kaikohe-Omapere 4,592 Mangamuka-Te Karae .. .. 3,500 Whangaroa-Okaihau Dargavllle-Maungaturoto .. 2,461 Dargaville-Te Kopuru .... No 2 HIGHWAY DISTRICT (Auckland S<£uth). Auckland-Helensville .. .. 190 44,525 32,3b4 Fokeno-Tauranga to Coro27,281 5,964 Paeroa-Kopu 781 2,540 Hamilton-Raglan 1,542 1,510 Hamilton-Rotorua 14,663. Matamati-Tauranga .. .. 5,000 1,065 Engineering surveys No. 3 HIGHWAY DISTRICT (Tauranfja) Tauranga-Matamata .. .. 4,250 1,959 Gisborne-Whakatane (via 15,090 8,870 Motu) Whakatane-Rotorua .. 9,036 Whakatane-Tauranga .. .. 744 Te Ngae-Paengaroa .. .. 11 Cambridge-Rotorua .. .. 10,215 9,405 Rotorua-Napter 707 Cambridge - Taupo (via 1,420 852 Tauranga-Waihi 1,521 Engineering surveys .. .. Items for the other North Island district highways (totals only , are lows: — _ No. 4 Highway District (Gisborne) 43,073 30,004 No. 5 Highway District (Hawke’s Bay) 31,933 27,330 No. 6 Highway District (King Country) .. ... ... 39,376 32,123 No. 7 Highway District 42,328 54,921 No. 8 Highway District 19.SS0 17,201 No. 9 Highway District 113,943 (Wellington West) No. 10 Highway District 35,606 15,219 (Wellington East) .. . • Kuiti-Bulls (via Taumarunui), £15,0^0,