THE WAIKATO ROADS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 18, 22 January 1927, Page 22

THE WAIKATO ROADS

COIVEFORTABLE MOTORING

The steady improvement in the roads of the Dominion is apparent from the following report from the "New Zealand Herald," Auckland, on the Waika'to Motor routes, which for long possessed an unenviable reputation. "Most of the "Waikato roads have afforded very comfortable motoring dur-. ing the holidays and there are evidences of greater appreciation of the value of effecting small repairs frequently. Too many ordinary macadam roads in the Auckland province have been ruined through a policy of procrastination. The Great South road at Mercer is in very fair condition, in spite of the three floods. Further on through Bangiriri the surface is good, and the Rangiriri-Huntly-Taupiri stretch has been improved, remarkably since last summer. The Ngaruawahia-Hamilton road maintaias its repuation, and the consistency of this ten-mile surface during many years is proof that it is not impossible to keep a much. used macadam road in good order if the 'stich in time' is applied. The 13 \ miles between Hamilton and Cambridge are inWery fair order, and the road continues very good to Tirau. The branch to Arapuni and Horahora, about a dozen miles from Cambridge, is worth taking and the 10 or 11 miles of this side road is in excellent condition. It is quite possible to leave Cambridge at 9 a.m., visit Horahora and Arapuni and return to Cambridge shortly after noon. A good road connects Hamilton and Morrinsville and the continuation to Te Aroha affords easy travelling. The road,to Thames through Paeroa is mostly quite fair, and the last few miles is equal to any main highway in the North Island. The Hauraki Plains road is excellent, but the ferries at Kopu and Pipiriki do not give this route a great advantage as a short cut to Auckland., The mile and a half of this road which is unmetalled has been troublesome lately, but chains are not necessary after a fine day."