MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY ROADS
♦ NO GREATER SUBSIDY FROM (P.A.) WELLINGTON.Juiy-.S The Government is already spewffl more on the maintenance and impiwement of main and State highways than it receives from the taxation of spirits levied for highway purVaw. The limit of Government help to cOlfr ties has, therefore, been reached. lliß advice from the Minister of (Mr W. Nash) has been ‘py Federated Farmers in reply to A lution from its Dominion council. c®« ing the Government’s attention to. The deplorable state of county roadtog" The Minister, in his letter, said that finance, to a certain extent, was made available to county councils in special cases for the construction and improvement of county roads. At present, that was the most the Govern* could reasonably provide from present taxation. The federation had asked the Government to accede to requests made for a rebate to counties of motor taxation on a £ for £ subsidy, applicable to county as distinct from highway roading. Mr Nash added that, while the rates in some counties were approaenmg the maximum authorised by statute, the position in other counties was v,ery different. -
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25554, 23 July 1948, Page 8
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184MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY ROADS Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25554, 23 July 1948, Page 8
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