N0. 16 HIGHWAYS COUNCIL

Evening Star, Issue 19017, 12 August 1925, Page 11

NO. 16 HIGHWAYS COUNCIL

YESTERDAY'S HEETIHG The meeting of No. 16 District Highways Council was concluded yesterday afternoon. The Main Highways Board wrote stating that it was unable to declare the Palmerston-Middlemarch road as a main highway, in addition to the existing highway from Mosgiel to Middlemarch. If, however, the district councils preferred the Palmerston-Middle-march road as a main highway, the board was prepared to consider the revoking of the Mosgiel-Middlemarch highway.—The Taieri County Council forwarded a letter supporting the application for the declaration of the road as a main highway in respect to the portion through the Taim County.— Consideration was deferred till the Waikouaiti, Waihemo, and Taieri County Councils were consulted.

The Main Highways Board wrote requesting an amended resolution from the Waikouaiti County Council to the effect that the county should spend on the section of road beyond Waitati an amount equivalent to that which had previously been spent between Dunedin _and Waitati, as well as the amount previously spent between Waitati and Palmerston.—The County Council wrote forwarding a copy of an amended resolution as requested.—Received. Authority for the payment of the following subsidies by the. Main Highways Board • was received from the Public Worbp > Department:—£157 IDs towards -metalling on Palmerston-Queenstown via Becks Highway, block 5. Blackstono survey district, Maniototo County; £47 4s 6d towards maintenance of. Palmer-ston-Queenstown via Becks Highway, Vincent County, March to May, 1925; £45 IBs 5d towards maintenance of Palmerston-Qncenstown via Becks Highway, Lake County, from February to June, 1925; £32 2s 4d towards maintenance of Cromwell-Hawea Flat Highway, Vincent County, for the period March to May, 1925; £l7O and £165 towards formation and gravelling on Cromwell-Hawea Flat Highway: £3B 4s 6d towards maintenance of Clarksville-Sprlngynle Highway, Vincent County,, for the period March to May, 1925. An application from the Alexandra Borough Council for assistance in maintaining 'the main road through the borough was considered. It was pointed out that a great volume of fruit and other traffic traversed the road in question. The council stated that it was prepared to spend up to £IOO if it received a subsidy of £ for £. Tho Main Highways Board wrote stating that it could not grant a subsidy of £ for £. The most it could do was to make a ,maintenance grant, which would ho based on the amount spent on roads outside the borough boundaries.—The matter was left in the hands of the 'chairman.