BETTER- TRANSPORT

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1944, Page 9

BETTER- TRANSPORT

NGAIO AND KHANDALLAH The Anglican Church Hall at Ngaio was filled to capacity on Wednesday evening, when residents of Cockayne Road and the adjoining districts met to discuss some of the recent reports regarding new bus routes and necessary road improvements in Ngaio and Khandallah. Mr. H. E. Combs, M.P.. invited to address the meeting, stated that the authorities ' appreciated the necessity for a bus service via Perth Street and Cockayne Road, and he explained the problems which had been considered by the Government, as well as railway officials and the City Council. Practically, every obstacle had been overcome, and immediately on the arrival of new roading machinery, which was expected very soon, work on Cockayne Road would be begun and certain dangerous corners • removed, provided the' man-power difficulty' was remedied. The pre-war road staff of the council had been reduced in one area from 60 to about four. Asked if he had any information regarding a statement that it was proposed to start work immediately at the Khandallah end of Cockayne Road, when it was obvious that the needs of hundreds of State tenants and other Ngaio residents were more urgent, Mr. Combs replied that he had been informed by the City Engineer that the statement was not correct. On its being stated that the road had been pegged so that work might begin at once, Mr. Combs agreed to make further investigations. A strong committee was formed to do everything possible to hasten better transport facilities for the localities concerned.