ROAD PAVING

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 121, 16 February 1926, Page 6

ROAD PAVING

SLOW PROGRESS DUE TO BROKEN WEATHER

The broken weather experienced during the last three weeks has slowed down the progress of the bitumen reading gangs. January and February are regarded as the best months in the year for such work, owing to the dryness of the ground and the shortage of moisture in the air, but February this year has not been “true to standard, and the many heavy falls of ram whilst they-have been very beneficial to the country ■ generaly, have prevented the roading gangs ■ going full speed ahead. , ‘• Though the paving of the Day s Bay road was commenced over a fortnight ago, only a couple of hundred yards or so were completed up to the end or last week, and beyond that there was another 50" yards of,bottom course laid, which took the road about a-third of the wav on from Ferry .Road to Manina Bay. The road at Mahina Bay is in a prettv bad state through wear and tear, although only put in order four months ago, and looks as though it would require considerable preparation before the hot-mix is put down. Unless the weather becomes more settled it does not look as though this road will be completed this season. ) ■ The paving round the Queen s Drive has reached Island Bay, and is much appreciated by motorists. When this road is linked up with the woodblocks at Newtown it will provide one of the best city marine drives in the and moreover one that offers no difficulty to careful drivers.