MANGERE ROADS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 127, 29 May 1913, Page 4

MANGERE ROADS.

How to make and maintain goo! macadamised roads at a minimum coit has apparently been solved by the Jtogere Road Board. Chatting yestenUf with our Onehtinga representative, Mr H. R. McKenzie, chairman of the M**< gere Road Board, stated that they to* just made and metalled four and i-bjfl miles of new road at the small corfV 3/10 per chain. The Board used a staui plough, which is an ordinary traetfel engine having three spikes coming d«»« at the back of the hind wheels. As tie engine movee forward these fork up tt» road, no matter how hard the eurfi* may be. The new road referred to w*» first ploughed after this manner and tte* scarified and graded. After being wiled it was graded a second time, Mi finally rolled again. For many ye*n V now Mangere has held the palm for tM best bit of roaid in the Auckland district. This was laid down by Mr J. ETaylor from the bridge to the mountain. It is now the intention of tho M»ngere Road Board to put the> whole of tteir 2S miles of roads in a thorough and. effi - 1 cient etate of repair, and they will do »* at about half the cost of previorij;y*»M ; r through their enterprise in adopting tto most modern methods of road nukingThe Mangere Road Board has already •received application from some of their neighbouring Road Boards for the. hire '- of their new plant, bo that Manger*'* | enterprise win probably result in good roads being made in the whole neigh•bourhood.