KARORI DRAINAGE SCHEME

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1914, Page 3

KARORI DRAINAGE SCHEME

EXTENSION OF AREA ASKED FOR. Last evening a deputation of Karori residents, headed by Mr. J. Mackenzie, waited upon the Karori Borough Council in connection with tho proposed special drainage area. It was pointed out by the deputation that when the Act was passed it gave the Wellington City_ Council power to create a special drainage area for that portion of Karori which could not be drained otherwise than to the eastward, j The deputation urged that if the area was so limited the cost of the scheme would press heavily on the propertyowners affected — so heavily, in' fact, that the proposal would probably be rejected at the poll of ratepayers. On the other hand, if the area were made to include the whole of what is known as "Beautiful Karori," the rating would be on a more equitable basis, and the scheme would then be welcome. The deputation asked that the council should confer with the city authorities to ascertain the cost of including this additional area (another 120 acres) before the proposal was placed before the ratepayers. ' The Mayor (Mr. W. T. Hildreth) informed the deputation that the council would consider the matter carefully in the interests of the borough. The question was later on discussed in committee.