DRAINAGE IN HEATHCOTE

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29070, 5 December 1959, Page 15

DRAINAGE IN HEATHCOTE

Council Urges Extension

Efforts by the Heathcote County Council to have the stormwater drain recently installed in Currie’s road by the Christchurch Drainage Board extended to cope with stormwater from Port Hills road will not be successful for at least 12 months, according to advice from the board received at last evening’s annual meeting of the council. The drainage board said that it did not consider it practicable at present to consider the proposal without relating it to the major investigation of the area as a whole. The chairman (Mr R. A. Young) said the council only partly controlled drainage in the county. Drainage works were substantially controlled by the board. “Should we be content to accept the board’s reply without going further into the matter?” Mr J. C. Holliss asked. It would be two years before the work would be considered, he said. Mr C. D. le Compte said the council could only hope for a dry winter next year. Stormwater from the hill was the Cause of the trouble in the area, and if things came to a head the council should press for the extension of the stormwater drain to be carried out immediately. The council decided to write again to the drainage board emphasising the urgency of the work, and asking that the problem be dealt with as soon as possible. Friends of Hospital

“If this group has half the success of those devoting their interest to the Christchurch Hospital it will be a very worthwhile body in the county,” said the chairman, commenting on a letter advising that a Friends of the Princess Margaret Hospital group had been formed recently. A letter of acknowledgement, in which the council's interest in the welfare of the new body will be expressed, will be sent to the group Siting of Polling Booth

Criticism at the siting of a polling booth in Port Hills road for the recent elections was expressed by the Hillcote Improvement Society. “The situation chosen was obscure, and a number of women were not prepared to go searching round the rear of an industrial building alone,” said a letter from the society. One resident familiar with the area had driven several times up and down Port Hills road before finding the booth.