EPSOM ROAD BOARD

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 232, 29 September 1915, Page 7

EPSOM ROAD BOARD

COM rRK H EN*« IVK IMPROVEMENT SCHEME. LOAN" OF £75,000 FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND STORM WATER DRAINAGE. At last night* meeiiiij: of the Board a resolution adopted approving of the road ing hcheme prepared by Mr Rogers, the Hoard's consulting engineer, and deciding that the proposal should bo submitted for approval of the hpsotn ratepayer* at a poll to he held on 10th November r.c\t. Mr. Rosrr. , -' report i*. in thiee section*, fully compreiu-nsiw. md montcd the unqualified approvaJ of the Board. The firei i~ection deals cxclusivejv and exhaustively with the [imposed improve menl of Manukau Koad from Now-1 market to .Mount Koiskill boundary, th<length approximately two milea. it i> recommended that a reinforced, concrete <arr leeway Iμ- laid down, and the s»ur f.»ce drawn! wrth "'Bituco' , composition, at an eetimati-d cost of £40.000, which estimate provides Jnf- »ome (•xtctuive re rradinj:. ■ proviaiorj of surface water drainage, alti-raliim <if atid duplication of water mains, and improvement of the tramway track on the ba&i> as adopted throughout tlx- city. Mr. Rogers I is of opinion that this work should he constructed under the provisions of the I'ublic Work* Art, which provides for the constitution of a commission to allocate the proportionate cost to be contributed by Auckland City Council, Sewmarket. One Tree Hill. Mouflt Rotkill ' Onehunga. Meniere Otahuhu. and Ellemlie. the F.psotn proportion b»:n™ eeti i mated a , . £8000 i Dealing with the other roa v- of the Board's district, the ••npineer recoru I niend* the construction of national ear | ria£<»wa\B for all ro*i.- «»wntially rrj.l I dential, and the»e road- will !»• laid out', with footpaths 7ft Bin in width, while \ tho carriage way. will I*- in t»o t-rrtions.. j each 18ft in width, divided in the centre ' ■with an avenw of sra.se and chriib-. 35ft in width, the carriageway beinj: con I, netted at interval.-* of 80 t<4 100 feet , 3t is fairly contended that thu- meUi'ni of construction, while rrdunnp thr pro «T|vendiUiJT to a minimum. *"il! < on- i sidorablv enhajico the general a*rsoct of ' the road*. (fillips' Avenue and The; Privo will, when suitaMy and i consLnictril, brcoinr the main artena! j road of the da-trict. ami it i- eirrphnti rally urged that the £ radinj of (ji!li<\* Avenue, while commencing at inter , Miction of Avenue, hhould n-it ! rst-cH 1 in 12.5 apTraM a jrride of 1 in | 10. Thc»«e road* will be com-tnict<»d on ■ a ctronj; foundation; blue n.rLal and top dreseed with Bituco. tberebjr ensuring long life end durability, the rftti mated cxpfnditurt being »et down ai £12SS7. It i* propowd to extend Penrarro* Avenue in a »tra4ght line through thr | jeserse, dividing the road nortfaeriy »nd j eoutherlT it the approach to Cburrh Road, with the provision of in ej.t*n fen*, central shrubbery at it» intertec j tion; thr cost of the work is estimate at £1975. The alignment of Epsoai Airnu» «il! j be eoranrwhat by rciumption of | property between Owens' Ro«d and j Gillies Avenue, which will thereby effect i « much ne*ded improvement. It is further proposed to remove »ome j la.nd projections abutting on King; fiebrjr* Avenur. *t the interaction of ! The Drive and Corbett Scott Avenue: I and it i> susgpsted that the property i owners on the wrattrn eide of Mountain I Road, hetween Owen* Road and Pal tfmon Koad. meet the Board in an equita&le epirit. with the view of th»t lensth of road being widewd to TiOfU ; This road will be r*>-?rad<>d and reoon-' throughout its lull lenjrtb. at an estimated expenditure of £5100 j Refcirnc* is made by Mr. Rogrrj to ■ »ome verj- wriou* encroachment* alonjr | Aimora Road, and it \* recommended that a length of the road be cloved to treiM'fa.l ua*. and that suitable compensation be made by the two ra-Wpeyeri. who ■have encroached on thf roadway Generally, the wbero" provide* for an apparently equitable allocation of pro | po»ed expenditure on all the road* of | the dietrict. to which upecial reference is unnece«ary beyond the fart that the proposed construction, which provide* ■ for an extensive use of tar top-dreeing. | will, -whilp efforting a roucb-needed iro . provcrncnl, be completed at a moderate expenditure with beneficial raeulte in their durability and fr«>edom from ruain tcnaocc. The suitable dispoeaj of surface water has presented tome onginofring diffi- ' cultiee, owing to the fact that natural | outlets by maarui of open water-couree* j are not available, and in this con De- | tion Mr reconrmends the construotion of a storm ■water drain. Cotnme.nc- ] ing ot Onalow Road with a suhterran ; nf«Ji outlrt on Ohurch Road, tbe »torm i water drain alone Kin? <ieorj;e Avenue from The Drive to Church Road will Ix. constructed undrr the footpath, whore it will be covered with reinfon*d ct>n crot«. and will be of buflicient capacity to act a» a repulating reservoir. The j flßtimatpd roet of the »>iirfac<> «rnt<r drainage I* approximated «t £7(100, an>l is caJi-urated to completely abate tnc nuisance. F.psom in partieu- j larly unfortunat<' in natural drainage facilities, and the prew-nt sj*tein of soak-hole dniinare i, poneiderpd abor ; tive ond cortly. On the financial a-pect uf tho scheme j the enpiniM-r is of opinion 1 liat the con | etrurtion of the work will extend over a period of three yeurs. and that on the present valuation of £1.074.720 - rate j uf three-<M(rtithi> of v r»e n riy m tin- £ for the timt ye»r. eieven-«ixLr>enths of a ppjiirv in the X. for the second y«ar. and | one penny in the £ for the- tlnrd year , will unfiice for the payment of interest j ajid Milking fund cumulated at (i per | I cent, per annnni. und in thin n-ap«-t ! ' Mr. Rogcru recommends .i substantial '■ reduction in the present peneja! rat.of one penny m the X. The Board has. j , however, decided, if the loan is i.-arried., to pay tie. first yea re inLereet from the j loan, bo that the <mjrineer'e calcala-Lmns - xrill b<> further modified; beeidee ■β-hichj it ia justly contended that the present | !«v«tcm ofmajntenance, which aboeorb* | from £3000 to £4000 per annum, I be immediately discontinued if the loan I is -ravonrably approved by the rate- \ payern. _ |