TRAFFIC CONTROL

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 150, 28 June 1938, Page 18

TRAFFIC CONTROL

PETONE DISCUSSION

JOINT ACTION SUGGESTED

By a majority vote, the Petone| Borough Council decided last night that the joint committee of the Petpne and Lower Hutt Boroughs should be asked 0 , to bring down a report on traffic con- n lrol - a A letter was received from the Com- n missioner of Transport (Mr. G. L. f( Laurenson) stating that he was unable a] !to comply with the request put forward ~ by the council that the Department t' should co-operate with the borough in supplying a traffic officer part-time " each day and on Saturday mornings. ° The council was under a misapprehenision as to the Government's proposals, he said, as what was at present being r ; considered would not materially affect sl the revenue the council would receive from drivers' licences, and it was sug- ll gested that the«employment of a full- ° time inspector was justified. " Councillor W. H. Edwards moved, & and Councillor J. Huggan seconded, d that the letter be "received." t] The Mayor (Mr. G. London) said that a he had attended a joint committee ii meeting with the Lower Hutt Borough ti and certainly gained the impression a that the Government intended to take tl action about the revenue from drivers' a licences. He thought the joint com- i mittee could bring forward a proposal about traffic control. s Councillor J. C. Burns moved, and t Councillor E. N. Campbell seconded, 1 that the matter be referred to the t joint committee for a report. Coun- c cillor Burns considered that the pro- e blem was too difficult for Petone to o solve alone. c Councillor J. Huggan stated that s Petone was big enough and able p enough to support its own inspector, c An inspector could earn his own salary in a few months without moving out of i Jackson Street.. However, this was not t the only aspect of the question; the „ presence of an inspector would deter jerring motorists. t Councillor J. Cumming considered t that no good would come out of a meeting of the joint committee, apart from control of the main highway. He had said before that Petone needed an inspector of its own. The borough needed a full-time inspector, as the traffic was increasing all the time. The Mayor said he did not say that Petone did not need a full-time inspector, but co-operation between the two boroughs was essential. Some recommendations that would work might come out of the meeting of the com- c mittee. e Mr. Burns said that the main high- r ways were the principal source , of j danger. ■ A joint committee could | patrol these highways. , It was decided to refer the matter i to the joint committee, Councillors J. : Cumming, J. Huggan, W. H. Edwards, , and H. E. Fleet dissenting.