DASHWOOD PASS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 151, 30 June 1928, Page 18

DASHWOOD PASS

PROSPECT OF NEW ROAD "The anouiiccment,that the Main Highways Board-had approved of the construction of v.ay/road through the Dashwood Pass will have been reecived with great satisfaction . in Marlborough," states the "Express." "It satisfies one of the prime objectives in the provincial programme of public works. Congratulations are . duo in tho' flrst place to the Awatere: County Council, which promoted tho movement and gayc it sb;/muph, of ,;.its, ; force through*'tho generous offer in respect to the division of cost between the twp, counties; and individually special credit is due tpNthe 'activity and •perseverance that the1 Awatere chairman, Mr. E. A. Weld, applied to the agitation. It was no easy or quick task.to convince the Highways Board; and that, it would be remembered, was preceded by a certain amount' of difficulty in carrying complete conviction to the Marlbflrough County Council.', •: ■/ i^f.Tlie?next step will be ;the assuring ofsthe.flaecessary financial provision on the''part of the two county councils. ThejHighways Board has agreed -to-pro-c^jdeji tvrp-thirds of the cost, which is festfitfaated at £ 45,000; and,; on this basisyv,the Awatere Council ihas^undertaken to find £10,000 and the Marl■bpfough Council £5000. Presumably it will be necessary to ask the Awatero ratepayers for a loan authorisation; whether the Marlborough Council will be able, and will see fit, to raise its quota without recourse to a poll remains to be seen. In any case, it.can be Confidently anticipated that tho contributions required from the local authorities will be readily assured. . . "