AUCKLAND'S NEW EASTERN OUTLET.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 145, 19 June 1915, Page 13

AUCKLAND'S NEW EASTERN OUTLET.

B.RDS-EVE V.EW OP THE AREA WHKH W.U. BE RAD.CALLY .MPROVED BY THE ~ERMVN STREET SCHEME. -ii.-iirv v\ ~

Thi.- excellent photograph, whlcj, was taken from the eliimiiev of the New Zealand Laundry Company's premise,, ,„ Ouay Street, shows the route of the .lei - myii Street improvement, .vhich is now j [under way. The idea of the ..heme, which originated with Mr. .1. 11, Maxwell, j I Buildmg Inspector under the Auckland Cit.V ( oiineil. i- to relievo 0n,.,.,i s tro ,, t I and W-llosle, strec, La-, of , a., far., i amount ol heavy tralli,- t.'u-x now have Ito carry, in addition to tin- other traffic ..vhich must ~f necessity |l„w that w.,v land to take the heavy tralli.- from the ! | lower levels of the , „,. „ t I the upper I levels by a new -trcet with „„ o „, v grade I -Icimin 5t,,„., ;„ ~,,, n (mM ,i )ori)t , fare whirl, can be see,, j„ ,|„. '„„,„. graph, running dovn t . the too ~;' ,).,. steep cutting. From Keach R 0 U I (It, tile | foreground of the picturel. the new

thorough |„,e. SI f,.,t wide, will p.,, ,1,,. ,'">'" M "'"t ". a graceful ,-.,rve. to the left of the pic:,,,-,.. .„„,:.,., - v ~,„. and tl.. the hank '.emg ,„| ,| o , vn , |' r , M , Bead, Road ,„ j.;,-,.., ~,,.,.,., ~,., p )(| , "ill have a grade ~| „,„. ~, , vcnt.-thtcc O'hie'i i- the same ~s tint of Svinniida -i.cet from opnos;,,. Wak.tield -trcet to th- Graft-m ltr,dgc>. and fro,,, Kb n -trer-t to !| ~,•; „I, street. 11l Symonds street 10,,;,,,,,-,- ,|„. ~„,,,,„„,. ,„ , h( . *lctr,,p.|,,a„ Ground-,, the grade a 111 be /nl.v on.- ,Nt aentv-foiir. Between Bead, Road and s|„,,f stre.t winch bisects .briny n street. In tin- ho|- •'» In tin- miv.lie di-tanec of the photo, ,'raphi. the fust |~„ f t .,.t „f tiie ne.v mtlet w,ll be tilling, and Ho- rest of this ection will l„- cutting, the maximum lilting being J, ~,„._ tlm , ,„;..,,, ( f 'hoit -(~.,., „,|| ■„, rm-.i .„ ,„ ~,. PV etit ~:' ti feet, an I between short Street ud Wen street i.vhldi run., past the "nivisit.) there will be fi rs t filling.

I maximum depth lsft. and a short ,„ j ting i maximum 7ft I | From Eden Mreet to the ,- ~t i„ s , innmls Street where ti : .. ,',,.,. ~, „ r , cases, the grade will reman, the sim \.i> at pn*cnt, and Hie ~ .-,, im.im , nil;,, will be S fer-t. A,m„. ~ ,„,,,,. ~ ~..,,, , the I ,ty Coan.,l has just purchase | \, iniralty rlTixuse (the sir,'.■;-,;. |,i,ild,n ■ a,i | the turrets i. and it his d- , secure I \ properties horde: n;:; ,<„ ~,„ „,'. thoroughfare, and *!,, n the work ■ complete! ,( w|| ooi.pbtd-. revolt I lionise this part of the ritv. j As a farther improvement of the* [eastern hgh levels, Mr. Max.vrll has mi, proposed t. tl„. til, Council w!,.,t . really the corollary of the .lermvn St.-,.,. scheme Mr. Maxwell suggests' that an other excellent new nutlet end,l !„ mad by improving short land street. He ,ng gest, making -a new road from just hclnv thr- New Zealand Minus Trust (n-. posit,

'"• !"••::« by. l.t I.). and terminal „- ~ i„ l! "<"; 1 ' i:«-'*<l. at the :„tc;„.,,u,,r„f that -v. l" n '< : ""; ,'h" ,i-w entrance to Merinvn ■ rl. ""■"''' ' : ' ''""I'l give an almost direct „„. '"■"' "I L"....: s'a.ic from the foot of .NhMrt,ai..| rtteet to ..„- proposed new ..-. ll «-v -ta ~ ai,.| enormoii-lv relieve nl eongedioi, ~, ,]„. ,-,„,, ~,- lUll . rn , hi sirr..|. It woiild tiansf,,,,,, Shortland a ,i .--tree, , n to a commercial area; would be .„. ... eomp.ralively i„ex,>en-,v,. ~„„, ~, H dorm: would enable the closing of the „. ">•"■? pott urn of Emily Place, Icadin- to !S'.ortl,n,| Street, which i, at present ■"■<■■■ I""'' v I. s„ that the part .l.se,' * p ,t-i-,ti win, ~ „,.,., ~,■„,, f n ,,„ d,;,;.,; >»■ ,land Street, could lie thrown ~., , i|„. « -Emily ,;,.„,. .;,.„,,,, and ,„,,,-, ] m . " jl ,r " v " '"- '<"•<- Mr- Maxwe'i „|„, n- make, a proposal for ,1,.- improvement s- short street. Ib ; , ~:.,;..- .1 v ,„.. ,„. f , )r( . »• the Au.klanl ( i,, , ~„,.„ „„ .„,„.„, te 'night