ST. MARY'S BAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 9

ST. MARY'S BAY.

ROAD ALONG BREAKWATER. SCHEME TO COST £10,000. CONTROLLING POWERS AGREE. St. Mary's Bay will be a snug shelter for launches and pleasure craft when the Harbour Board has carried out a programme of work that has been arranged in conjunction with the Auckland City Council. The breakwater will be widened to serve later as a drive and to provide cites for hauling up the boatß and for the erection of clubhouses. It is estimated that the wall will cost £10,000. A«s a result of negotiations between the board and the City Council it has been agreed that an access road shall be formed from Curran Street to skirt Point Erin Park and connect with the breakwater. Eventually a viaduct will be built by the Harbour Board to bridge the gap at the entrance to the boat harbour. In the vicinity of Point Erin Park the City Council will form 400 feet of the proposed road and the Harbour Board will form 660 feet across the bay, to give a total length of 1060 feet. A wide path will be provided to link up from the road to the Shelly Beach baths.

The controlling powers are seeking tlie authority of the Government to carry out the work under scheme No. 5 for unemployment relief. It should provide work for from 100 to 120 men, and is expected to take two months to complete.