IMPROVEMENT OF EAST COAST ROAD

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8475, 21 December 1923, Page 3

IMPROVEMENT OF EAST COAST ROAD

LARGE MAJORITY FOB TE PUNA LOAN A poll of ratepayers of a large section of the To Puna Riding was held yesterday, on a proposal to raise a ban of £4,000 for the purpose of effecting desirable improvement's to the East Coast Main Road through the Riding. The loan was carried by forty-two votes to six, and as the County Council has everything in order for the early raising of the money tbe work should be in hand in the near future. The loan is being supplemented by Government grants totalling £6.700, approximately, making a total of £10.700 for expenditure. Parts of this road were in bad order last winter, and the money now available will enable considerable improvements to be caried out. The polling was as follows : For Against Te Puna 11 2 Omokoroa 27 I Aongatete 3 3 Tauranga I 0 42 6 The loan was scheduled as follows: £ A. Waipapa Deviation—Metalling 1500 B. Munro’s Deviation—t ormation 120 C. „ —Fencing 180 D. „ ~ —Metalling 510 E. Clark’s Hill —Regrading 175 F’ —Metalling 27ch. 210 G. Armstrong’s Flat —Metalling 16ch. 120 H. Wairoa Bridge westward—Metalling IGch. 115 I. Te Puna Bridge Hill—Metalling 12ch. 00 J. Regrading and Metalling from 18m. Post westward to Morton’s Road Junction 350 K Klmile post to Aongatete BridgeMetalling at various places 100 L. Nicholas’ Flat—Metalling 50 M. First year’s Interest and Contingencies 300 Total amount ol loan 1000