TRAFFIC CONGESTION
GRAFTON BRIDGE AND SYMONDS STREET A.A.A. URGES ACTION Before he was returned last the Mayor promised that somethS,*’ would be done about relieving the ert gestion in Symonds Street, and ml putting in hand of the Belgium extension. So far very little seem' to have been done about either ” ’ This was a comment at a meetmot the AA.A. last evening. ns Mr. F. G Farrell remarked that it was high time there was some alternative route to Grafton Bridge amt Symonds Street. Mr. A. Grayson, chairman, said the council hud decided to do some widening of the road in Symonds Street near the bridge, but it was held up by lack of funds. Grafton Bridge provided a subject on which none of the council members had any new ideas. Objection to the Belgium Street extension was raised by a member, who said the hill was far too steep on both sides of Karangahape Bond. Twentyears might be held up on the hill, holding on their brakes, and half of the cars would stall on restarting. Mr. F. G. Farrell: I would avoid it, or have very big bumpers back and front. , The association deemed to write to the City Council urging the speedingup of the suggested work.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19290117.2.55
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 564, 17 January 1929, Page 8
Word Count
209TRAFFIC CONGESTION Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 564, 17 January 1929, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in