ROADING COSTS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20610, 28 July 1932, Page 8

ROADING COSTS.

EXPERT INVESTIGAi^pi ECONOMICAL OF FUNDS. , (PEE 33 ASSOCUHOW "WELLINGTON, Representatives of the Department, the Main Highway, the Transport Department, partment, Institute of County and County Engineers, and Zealand Society of Civil attending a conference, which oaiS'i in Wellington to-day, to eraeifl»9Sft, lems connected with • reading The principal objects are fo eaSSLi' to estublish a uniform ing, with regard to road •and to collect a reasonable traffic statistics to form a ba*ti proper study of reading probltmtJtjl' that the maximum benefit Yijjsjyl?; from the expenditure of f nndf jTUx" Mr H. F. Toogood, speeial committee of tho Soeieiw'JLCivil Engineers, was eltcted (ba&jfivl Chairman's Addrwa, * In liis opening address, said his society's oommittea rived at the conclusion <Vt n fjfgp it could ascertain, traffic condition*2 obtaining and likely to obtain "i-Sum next decade warranted nothing j2fiS'than the adequate maintenance of JStjrfroads, which should bo sealed 01 larly treated as soon a* . ditions warranted, and even course should not be adopted vijbf' a very close examination of all (gZSjV In regard to the necessity for per method of ccsting, he nail thanjjjL being spent on uain somewhat in the nature of tn»t fuSnfand it was ilue to everyone that the true I'acts regarding |3r should be brought to light. They mBL not attempt too much tlaboratim^jßS' : be content for a start to lay 4 basis upon which elaboration mlgMrtt made when the opportunity owiiMf|'' Now conditions demanded look and county administration move with the times. Tlie would give an opportunity to «s|mM gether to study the problem <£ mflß and its significance, and lay the foundations for more vigMH more economical, and more county administration. aiilfc Committees were appointed to-§jgP§j sider various aspects of the praTBSBE!