CORRESPONDENCE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 137, 7 December 1926, Page 8

CORRESPONDENCE

Cinderella miramar

(To thi Editor.) Sir,—l was very pleased to notice, by the "Evening Post" that someone at la«t has raised the subject of paths and roadi ■at -Miramar. It is about time something was, done in that district. I also wish to draw the attention of the city authorities to the manner in which Miramar has been served since being taken over by them. It would show them the condition-of the roads i£ they were taken l>y lorry, witli solid tires, round the suburb, Jhere . isn't a footpath with any asphalt oil at: and the roads, such as they are, arc full of pot-holes. Certainly some workmen started to make roads at the Government housing block, but for some reason _< or other they knocked off, making quite * pi/od job of heaps of. earth on wha£ was the only good and wife ;>art of the rba% for citizens to walk on. for this par? wa* better than the paths. It wa» left at Tiiijht without a light; if a private pertou - did likewise, he would be breaking the bylaws, and would probably' be summoned. 1 saw a ear turning off Pi'ineesß street on Thursday i.ight nearly come to grief on some heapsi of metal left on the side of the. read, visibility being bad becnuse this part of the road is badly Hi. The Broadway is one road calling for the vemavk "one long nightmare." The tramway authorities have taken the middle and- loped it off so that no one can use it but the tram*. And the roadmen have pulled the other side up, which leaves no road at all. Now we are awaiting the asphalt gang, but they are not in sight yet. {Sir, I am a lieev of the Miramar road every day in the course of my work, and can gafely say the ro*d» iin this district are the worst in Welliugl ton, bar none. It will cost a.' good round figure to put them in anything like good order, but it has got to be done, sooner or _ later. Thig method of spreading loose shingle on the roads, in my mind, is a waste of good money. At present the only « ones benefiting from the roads are the motor garages, for broken spring* and breakdowns are what motorists get. And, still, we have to pay heavy road fee* to use them. ' Now, Sir, I think you will agree with me that something, ought to be done, for the roads are going from bad to worse. This . letter might wake' up somebody in the district, and perhaps some more able pen than mine will take the subject up,—l am, etc.,

USER OF THE ROADS. 6th December.

(To the editor;)

Sir,—With the arrival of the new City Engineer" we hope that the dangers quoted by '"U.H." will be eradicated, and that street repairs once commenced. will be completed. If the council contemnlatet sealing the roads and footpaths in Jttiramar, the work should be carried out immediately as grass is already growing on some portions which have been dug up. Ratepayers do not want to. pay twice for one job. Why not carry the work through in a businesslike manner and' be finished with it? Surely we are not to be told that shortage of funds is the reason for -non* completion, as theso streets were set' dowa for repair, this 'season. Where ,is the. labour to come from for the Kent terrace improvements if it cannot bo obtained for suburban work commenced before the Kent terrace proposal was mentioned! Hoping we. will soon see the removal of there street dangers and unfinished work,. »nd not have to wait until the civic elections, relying on platform promises which apparently do not seem to amount to much after the numbers have gone, up,—l am, etc.,

RESIDENT.

6th December