TOLL-GATES FOR TARANAKI.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17208, 27 July 1921, Page 6

TOLL-GATES FOR TARANAKI.

ENQUIRY BY COMMITTEE OF ENCffNEBBS. tmtsa ABSOCMTIOK raLXORAW.I NEW PLYMOUTH, July 29. He committee of engineers of the Public Works Department who have been appointed to enquire into the opplications of various local bodies in laranaki for permission to erect toUgates, 8a t hero to-uuy. The members of the committee or.- Messrs;G.l. Murray (inspecting engineer), H. H. fchiirp (staff engineer), ood T. M. Ball ',ni»tricfc engineer}. Ihe order of reference is as follows: (1) In what manner have conditions now altered that special action ia now considered necessary in regard to the upkeep of roads? , . . (2) What special action u now o«tocateuP ~ __ s (3) What are the alternative* i Rcpres ntatives of local bodies made statements setting out too variOM points of view of those concerned in the erection of t.oll-gates in Taranaki. The local County Councils' awe *as in favour of toll-gates as a moras of revenue for the upkeep of roads, butthw was rebutted by the Borough Council and the Chamber of Commerce on the grounds that toll-gates were retrogratgive, and if all heal bodies, adopt**! them th*e Dominion would be barricaaod. with gates. , ... , , An increase m the subsidies to local bodies and a tyre tax were siis«e«ted as an alternative source of revenue.