AIRPORT SCHEME.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 214, 10 September 1931, Page 7

AIRPORT SCHEME.

POLLEN ISLAND PROPOSAL.

WORKS COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

The Pollen Island airport scheme is being considered to-day by the works committee of the City Council. If the port is established aeroplanes and seaplanes will have r a 'starting and landing place within six miles of Queen Street. Messrs. David B. Russell, F. E. Powell and R. Hensliall, engineers, have prepared plans showing the method proposed to enlarge and level the island to provide "an"area" of between 110 arid 145 acres for the use of 'planes. It is proposed to build a stop bank around the island to shut off the water that at present runs through a channel between the island and the mainland, thus making a flat area 75 chains in length and 28 chains wide for road communication. Provision is made for another stopbank between Pollen's Point and Te Atatu to impound the waters of the Whau River, a lock being included as an aid to navigation. This work would add another 100 acres to the landing area. Pollen Island is vested in the City Council as an endowment and has been set apart as a recreation area. The extension of Rosebank Road, Avondale, is included in a comprehensive scheme to provide a playing ground as part of the area, the plans providyig for tennis, croquet, football and cricket grounds, with a grandstand for the public.