NEW BRIGHTON

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25083, 15 January 1947, Page 5

NEW BRIGHTON

Sir, —At long last the Christchurch City Council has cleared the footpath in Berry street, New Brighton; but may I point out that the residents of Britannia street still have to walk on the roads to reach a bus route. Since the amalgamation with the city, the marine suburb has been neglected to such an extent that any civic improvement is an event of the year. The planting and care of the Esplanade is a disgrace. Rafferty rules controls traffic: side channels are in a state of disrepair; stables are built in residential areas; sheds are converted into so-called dwellings without -bathroom, laundry, or drainage. This state of affairs exists while the City Council .discusses a proposed bathing shed and ’points to the horizon at all the promised improvements.—Yours, etc., RIP VAN WINKLE. January 10, 1947. [“ln spite of the difficulties of procuring labour and materials, more money has been spent on New Brighton improvements since the City Council took over than before,” said the Mayor (Mr E. H. Andrews), to whom this letter was referred. “Many roads have been tar-sealed, much work has been done in the reserves, and other improvements too numerous to detail have been made; and town planning principles are fully observed. I suggest that ‘Rip Van Winkle’ is not yet awake and that, if he moves about New Brighton at all, it must be in his sleep.”]