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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 233, 2 October 1925, Page 9

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little obstruction how. pedestrian traffic safeguarded. At the last meeting of the Auckland City Council Mr. Allum requested that the hoarding on the Queen Street frontage of the new buildings in course of erection at the corner of Customs Street East be examined with a view to making improvements for pedestrian traffic. Reporting on the matter at last night's meeting of the Council the city engineer said that the hoardings for this building, which will consist of eight storeys had only been granted the use of sft oi the footpath in Queen Street, and "ft in Customs Street. As the foundations! of j the building have to be taken to rock. 43ft below the footpath, he thought that the distances the respective hoardings have been placed, out on the footpaths are the minimum under the circumstances. A gantry the full width of the footpath had been erected at a height of 14ft. This will in no way interfere with pedestrian traffic. Continuing, the engineer said he wa* of the opinion that little obstruction to the movements of pedestrian traffic will be caused compared with what was in evidence before, when newspaper vendors and numbers of loafers were to be found round this corner.-'