TOWN PLANNING

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 110, 5 November 1926, Page 9

TOWN PLANNING

:-,TE,ARO FLAT SCHEME IN HAND

-INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE SOON.

;. Referring to the city's plans for tho leplanning of To Aio flat and also to the wider question of town-planning tinder the Act of last session of Parliament, the Mayor remarked upon the , difficulties which had faced the council 7.:: oil account of the depletion of the "ptix, Engineer's staff and tho consc--.,.-.gjVs.nt delay in the preparation of tho „' . preliminary data, drainage, etc., for a .; general- Wellington, scheme. ■• , '''So fa/ as Te Aro flat is concerned, this matter is considerably ad;/:J'* noetl'" continued Mr. Norwood, and I propose at a very early date, after preliminary talks with my colleagues, to call a meeting of representative bodies such as the Architects' Association, Surveyors', Engineers', Forestry League, Town Planning Associations, and representatives of tho var,..,.ious,municipal electors' and ratepay- .,-•'■ .associations with a view to securv'Mugiho co-operation and practical as".'.".fiistance of those bodies. "In any scheme of town planning finance must be a big factor. This is receiving careful consideration, and it ■ as my intention to have a committee of leading business men of the city to . investigate and check over the propoa- ' "cd'methods carefully. By these means I .tr.ust that, without a great deal of tfost"to the ciy, we shall be able to ■ sirrivo at a position which will mini- -■ inise- the.work of the commission which '- must finally be set up to report to the ; council. That commission, I hope, will V Include one of tho. foremost town-plan-ning experts in the world."