WELLINGTON ROADS
10 THB EDITOR. .. //Sir,—Never : since;l can remember have the': roads in and around Wellington been in such a deplorable condition.' Among the'worst may be mentioned The Terrace, Salamanca road (especially the dangerous ''hairpin bend" at the junction of /Kelburn parade), Upland road, and Oriental /parade. ■; The surfaces of these roads. are- closely pitted' with potholes, and to' drive over ..them".is a peuhance to driver and passengers and ruination to a;caiv :,- •,.-....
Because there is a scheme to make certain bitumen roads is no good reason for neglecting ordinary routine maintenance. If motorists 'are tajced (in/ advance) for bitumen roads, iis 'the usual expenditure derived . fvpni/rates cut put altogether? The few, .feeble attempts at repairs now.being made, which 1 consist of
throwing some. shale into the holes, are simply wpste pf time and money. /Unless the ;'proper; material is used and
well rolled ju, tlio surface after a few days' traffic is as bad as ever. Perhaps ,the idea is to force people to uso the tramways instead of their own conveyances ?-mI am, - etc., , . ■ KEITH MARSHALL. 26th June.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1925, Page 7
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179WELLINGTON ROADS Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1925, Page 7
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