Riverbank reserve plan fails
; Cambridge Terrace bej tween Salisbury Street and Churchill Street should not be closed when the nearby . Barbadoes Street cemetery | is redeveloped, says the Christchurch City Council’s s works and traffic commitI tec. I The Director of Parks I and Recreation (Mr H. G. ■ Gilpin) had suggested that i such a closing might provide a landscaped link bei tween the cemetery rei serve and the Avon. The acting City Engineer i (Mr B. D. Forbes) said the j terrace at that point was | still a “pleasant, and use- ! ful” traffic link, carrying I an average of 1200 vehicles i a day. : “Cambridge Terrace is I also valuable as part of a i recreational route,” he I said, “and is one of the i last remaining riverside . drives within the belts.” Mr Forbes said the riverbank was relatively flat, and should remain access- ' ible to people in cars. Motor-cycling.—The world 50C c.c. champion, Barre Sheene, o: Britain, beat a quality field to win the ‘‘King nf Brands Hatch' title. Next were Have Potter U.K.: Steve Parrish f K . B Fau (France) and Pat Hennen (U.S.).
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