THE STATE OF BEACH ROAD

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 112, 13 May 1902, Page 2

THE STATE OF BEACH ROAD

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —It is several months since pedestrians' in Auckland forfeited all rights, and we seem to be lapsing into the state of the slave "who learnt to love his chains," else surely the scandalous state of Beach Eoad would have aroused a howl that would have compelled attention.

Making everyf allowance for the difficulties that the Ccmncil have now to contend with, what makes this particular road so bad is that the water cannot get away; it is banked up on both sides, and there it must lay until it dries tip, and the "scandal lies in the fact that no trench is dug, or the slightest effort made to remove this water. The consequence is a sea of mud, into which the 'buses plunge, and emerge with both horses and passengers literally covered with the filth.

I unhesitatingly say that one man working there would make a temporary vast change, but of course until the whole level of the road is altered there will be no permanent improvement. At present the tram lines are lower than the rest of the road, and the water will lay on the rails till something is clone to relieve it. It is impossible to describe thi> road, and so I invite Councillors to visit it. If they would do so, I an. sure some attempt would be made to effect some temporary remedy.— I am, etc.,

J. THORNES.