ADDINGTON PROTEST.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20010, 19 August 1930, Page 10

ADDINGTON PROTEST.

CLOSING OF PARK ROAD CROSSING. Opposition to the proposal to eliminate the Park road railway crossing at Addington was shown at the monthly meeting of the Addington Burgesses' Association last evening, when a letter was received from the Town Clerk on behalf of the By-laws Committee of the City Council forwarding a copy of a letter from the Divisional Superintendent of the New Zealand Eailways, Christchurch, and asking for an expreS' sion of opinion in the matter. Mr W. H. Griffiths presided over a good attendance of members. The letter stated that if the proposal was acceptable considerable economies would be possible in the provision of crossing-keepers and the maintenance of the roadway. The Park road crossing was situated only six chains from the Lincoln road crossing. By a reduction in the number of crossings the risk of accidents would be lessened. At the Lincoln road crossing warning bells were provided as well as a crossingkeeper. A crossing-keeper only was stationed at Park road. The chairman (Mr W. H. Griffiths) said that on show and race days there was a considerable deviation of traffic to Park road, which was by no means a little-used thoroughfare, and, in his opinion, the elimination of the crossing would be a mistake, and would impose hardships on many local residents. Mr P. Molloy said that Park road was one of the few good roads in Addington, and the deviation of traffic would lead to a congestion at Selwyn street and Lincoln road crossings. The secretary (Mr T. W. Fallrinder) stated that Addington residents were against the proposed elimination of Park road crossing, and it was felt that if the Railway were allowed to do this they would do likewise at the Mon treal and Durham street crossings. The following motion was unanimously passed: "That the Addington Burgesses' Association protests strongly against the proposal to close Park road to traffic, as it would greatly inconvenience local residents and the travelling public, it being one of Addington's main streets."