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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 33, 8 August 1923, Page 9

\\y^^^y^y I"™'" *~»«»x\ ' i, THORNDON RECLAMATION :!^^^^^E^i^!3S3^^3^^::"-'' PLAN >OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT X < <^s^^- vV^y^Ofk\. >> 1 v The B6WThorn<3oll sea-wall, preparations for the construction of which were \ %V< v'^^Y^S^ £ [I ■ Yv recently described in "The Post," will enclose an area for reclamation of about / J^^nS^ yA § £ * l^r^KC \\ aCreS> the kr Sesfc additi°n t° Wellington's sea-frontege or tide-water site made >^<JN^vSv ///MNy\ \YV *» T ' A in this generation. How the land will be utilised is indicated in the plan repro^ \<\^/ /^^WJ f/^<^>-^^^^d\l>,j^ KZ '- \\ ></\V 6uCed throu 6h tho c°ur^y of tte Wellington Harbour Board from a drawing S^^WW "% I - ~~*rr tr ■ f \^ - ? l'epaied by the b°ard>S 6taff- Pkn' of course ' is in the ™*™* of a peep S S **W<f/ -* N VV >O lnt ° "^ showin 8' so far as th« Harbour Board is concerned at. any rate :-- VO f^ nN-/// ' the lay-out for future needs. It may be remarked that the board has followed N."% *"^s "^ Cr\\ ' / °Ut ltS general plan o£ development and extension kid down in the past with 223is5|£^f^^^^>v It \\ \V^/ notaMe' *de?i^' and ifc is iairl* safe *°a^™ie that this policy, which has worked VKVV /^Tvs/O' "^r \V^3^^ —"— ■~-C^: *-^\ s0 ?dmiratly so £ar. will be continued. • *"VGS x>- AU^-^^gH^^^^^rS^f GOODCF'^. YARD ' \^~P . ' ■ ■ ' ■ .... i .

a.B shown in the above plan, the lion's share of the reclaimed land will go to the Railway Department for a much-needed extension of its present cramped goods yard accommodation andthe coLScJon of a.new passenger. station m the place of the wholly inadequate and antiquated existing facilities <snt oj-the total area of nearly 78 acres, the Harbour Board will receive Hi acres in the shane of a strio along the sea-front 230 ft wide The sea-wall will be faced by a breastwork in to that running to-day along the front of Fryatt quay, north-eastward of the new Pipitea Wharf. The -length of tins breastwork wxll be some 3400f1>-the length of the new sea-wall. Its' general direction as appears from the plan will be that of the prevailing winds, and vessels will berth alongside, as they do along the other breastworks of the existing harbour. Provision is made for two large transit sheds a^d a SSSJS^SS^*""-^ Thepl; anincludesaproposedßiteteafloatin *dock atthe STS? Slfn Jo hn H!lur' ai! teDS a Httle inW- U Wili be th 6 l3St °f the Wh— "SS n" w-11 f ? W^' °f °T Se ' be a fo^ m J any y,e?- rS befol'e such wovks are likely t0 be completed. The sea-wall wd take three or four years to build, and it will take longer to' complete the filling in behind ft foTthe reclamation. In the meantime, what are the plans of the Railway Department? These aie at r-resent confidenfaal, for obvious reasons, and they are, moreover, subject to such alterations as the lapse of time and the growth of traffic may render necessary. In the Hiley Report of i 9 i4 a plan is given of the new S^l^t^tf^t ay g°°dS Jard- TWS Vl— « Ind "has tel?M fee fii«aiffl« Fittl ibe iiumiis eUssea_<rf Ufteecßgei; traffis, utb.u:bau find ot^iLwiae, W e« .to b« ,

devoted to the handling of passenger traffic is indicated in the plan. The whole o! lie northern area marked in the plan as "Goods Yard" will be utilised for that purpose, with sidings and lines running off to connect with the various wharves and the new quay. There seems to bo ampld room to get over all Wellington's present railway difficulties. Quite probably simultaneously with the development, of the new terminal railway facilities in the reclamation area, an effort will be made to solve the acute problem of better access and outlet for the railway to'the West Coast and Auckland way. This is recognised by experts as New Zealand's most acute railway, problem to-day. How the problem will be solved finally depends on many circumstances, one of which is the amount of money available for such work. The ideal is undoubtedly an easy grade out of the city, with a double line of railway; and possibly the tunnel to Tawa Flat scheme, brought up by Mr. George Mitchell and the Central Progress League, will be found the most feasible solution. In its importance the solution of this problem, for railway purposes and from the railway expert's point of view, far transcends the proposal which has received more popular attention of diverting the Rimutaka railway. There remains the effect the reclamation will have on the City Council's plans for development. The plan shows how the tramway system will be altered according to present plans. The present Lambton Station tram terminus will be replaced by a system of loops by which the tram traffic will circulate in front of the new Bunny street railway station. Ths most important feature is the new loop line down Stout street to Lambton quay at the Arcadia corner. To give the requisite access to the station, Stout street will be extended between* the Government buildings and the new telephone exchange to Bunny street, the Government taking in exchange that part of Whitmore street now enclosed. Part of Waterloo quay will also be utilised to provide another tiamway loop for Post Office square traffic. The Johnston street tram proposal described in "The Post' 1 last week, has also a connection with the new system. Alterations may also be made to Thorudon qnny by flattening out the sharp corner at Davis street, and there may be other easements rendered l-.ow,W«hy tho avkJcv two* «,v«i|*Wo fo V ijuivuy development, It will thus be emen that the Thorndoa MSfilafluiUflji is destined to nave * Rto&uud. ejfcet for the better on the future pf Wellington