MT. EDEN DRAINAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 211, 7 September 1927, Page 10

MT. EDEN DRAINAGE.

loah or cioojooo. FOUR YEARS , PROGRAMME. "We Mβ waiting for the approval of j the Loan* Board for our loan of : £100,000, and as won as sanction '! U received, we are prepared to go ahead i and complete the last big sector of tb* ■ draiaage scheme of Mount Eden," said the Mayor (Mr. E. H. Potter) this morning. He said tbat the council I would probably spend the money at the ' J rate of £23,000 per annnm, and thus a ' ■ four vears , programme was in tight. j The Mayor m>l that work that was . being carried oat by the Auckland and . Suburoan Drainage 'Board would greatly , facilitate the arrangements of the coaaeil, the echeme in operation being

be completion of a eewer from Meola (. reek to Pariah Road, whkk voaM Up th* low-kin? arem ia the rjdnitr of Kdeadale, tthieh «u periodically flooded.

and the construction of Xα. e sever to the boundaries of the Mount Albert, Mount Eden and Moant Rotkill treat. With tbe completion of the sewers likewise the completion of the balaace of the Mount Eden reticulation scheme, one of the biggest works undertaken in suburban Auckland would be finalised. Already Mount Eden Borough had ex* ponded £230,000 on drainage, and tie operations had in many instances oeressitated tunneling throupti solid rode At present portions of Mount Eden were affected by ctormwater that came from the Epeom area, and some portion* of tbe borough had been susceptible to flooding. Mr. Potter mentioned that sear St. A! ban * Avenue, and adjacent to the Rrixton Boad School, the Mount Edea Council had 21 acres of bud set aside as a. reserre. It was at present in a »waxnpy state, but as soon as the sewerage system could be linked with, it would make an ideal place for play purposes.