ROAD TRANSPORT TO HUTT VALLEY

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 3, 28 September 1944, Page 4

ROAD TRANSPORT TO HUTT VALLEY

Future Heavy Pressure The effect of commercial air services in the post-war era should be considered by the Hutt Harbour Commission of Inquiry, said Mr. J; V. Phillips, when giving evidence- at its sitting in Wellington yesterday on behalf of- the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Hutt Valley acknowledged the unsuitability of its land areas for aircraft landing-ground purposes, he said. The choice of a Wellington metropolitan airport apparently lay in the selection of tlie Rougotai district. Goods transported by air and destined for the Hutt Valley would necessarily go on by road, increasing the traffic pressure on the Wellington city street system and maintaining the strain on the Hutt Road. “It is fully appreciated,” he said, “that (he velocity of traffic can be speeded up by casing the bottlenecks of the Petone level crossing and the road access to Wellington city, by the construction of elevated roads ami by the electrification of the rail service, hut it is questionable whether these measures will solve the transport problem ultimately. Most of Hie goods used and dispatched by Hutt Valley factories are transported by road, (t is obvious that tremendous stress will be thrown on the Hutt Road in future.”