DISPUTE ENDED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 243, 14 October 1931, Page 8

DISPUTE ENDED.

OAKLEY CREEK CULVERT

TRAMPORT BOARD'S OFFER, r The dispute over- -the ■- Mount ''-Albeit Borough's .claim for. -assistance towards tiie cost of reconstructing" the Oakley Creek culvert for -the.-extension. of the tramway.. service • to-.; Avondale has' been settled:. The Transport Board has mk'de. an offer,offloO","aiKf if lias'u'een accepted bv the council.,- -• - - * The" Mayor, s Mf.' W. s F. • Stilwell, reported fit "last evening's, meeting that,, in accepting .'the- offer.. on,, behalf of. the council,' he v liad' stated that the eoltncil would iwideu the-old" culvert and the road, 'us-;necessary -for 'laying double tram tracks. It was hoped to have-the road wide .enough ~fOr laying double tracks by;- the ; first; week in . December, although - the- road' would not be fully widened until some time after that date. ' "As' a 'result of 'the negotiations," said the Mayor,' "the couneih will; soon . embark on 'the,'necessary.widening wbrk on the New; North Road and the existing culvert. A new culvert short-circuiting the old wilPbe cut Under the New North Road, • and ' by. arrangement' with the Drainage Board, which is..undertaking the work, .provision will also be made for the first-section-of the Oakley sewer system." ....' :..■/; -■::.' ~

It was anticipated, .said. Mr. Stilwcll, that the City Council would, make a contribution of £S2o, the Drainage Board £726, the Transport Board £150 and the borough the remainder. ■ ■ -, \

Members of the council confirmed the Mayor's action, and -all paid a tribute to the manner in which "he had carried out the negotiations. .- ,' ,