A PAENGAROA ROAD

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLII, Issue 6021, 6 March 1914, Page 2

A PAENGAROA ROAD

At the meotiDg of the County Coun. ciJ on Tuesday a letter was read from Mr Ivo Carr. Paengaroa, who wrote as under ; "Although.l was not awaro the Paengaroa Progressive Society h a< j r. quested iho Council to form about six chains of road running east ani j west on the northern boundary °f the Paongaroa School until I re a<* the Councils meeting in a local paper, it lias been my intention for some time past, as a ratepayer and v one directly interested in this roal, to makej^this request, and in placing before you a few reasons for the requirement of this io id may I ask your Council to reconsider their decision. I am paying rates on 700 acres of land, to which this road gives access. At the present tiiuo it h in its'naturdl state, which ren dors it impossible for traitic, with the consoq'ieoce .1 am compelled to use a small depression running through the Paongaroa township sections. Thi3 do-

pression is the outlet t > yo.ir water taoies, also a culvert recently put in; iv wet weather it lies under water and is becoming a saud bed. This road i» used by the Public Works and the set-' ilersof'the distriot, who havo per missioii to use my property as a short cut, I'neiigdroa-Pongakavra, and I desivo to puint out at the couuection of the af->ic-cioicribed depression the amount of troflio will soon break away the inaia road. Mr <r. IJ Sutton ha.N Isi veral sections in from this ro*d;also,^ Mr W. Ansel). Some time ago wo had a woilung boo and spout soveml diys in maliinj; a cutting iv the road to en able us to get to tbo deprossion <»r hollow. Trusting'you will give tbis your earnest reconsideration.' Cr Matthows proposed—That the supervisor report uu the matter, and furnish an estimate of the cost. CrGriOin recoudod anl tho motion was carried.