Reefton Highways Stated To Be In Shocking State

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 April 1947, Page 8

Reefton Highways Stated To Be In Shocking State

.The 'council of the West Coast branch, of ,'th'e Autotobbile Associa--tjbn, GahteWury, at its meeting at .last .evening .decided to state-of the highways _-h : egr -Re’efidh 'With the Highways Board, after, several rtiem..'fin'd -Voiced complaints. The jnYatfer was introduced by the secretary (Mr W. F. Harley), who. said that the section from the R'eefton Saddle to the Inangahua bridge was like a .river bed. “.Worse than that,” commented Mr W. ’ Vaiiarice. : , . Mi-/Harley added that from the Reef ton i-st'atidh.to ■ Waitahu- the highway whs full of potholes and anyone travelling at over .1.5 miles ah hour .wbiild break all the springs in his car. ■Lhst wmter.fh'e had written to /the Public . Works De-, partment about it ,and had been, informed that portion of the road had to be .rdcdnstfuctbd. it appeared that ..the work -had been started, for about half a-toile, but from Soldiers’ fedad tb Reef ton the toighW'ay was in h 'deplorable ebhditibh. he fdid moi know how the trucks loads stood up to the strain. There 'Vtore -holes six to seven inches ,debp in .‘the surface. ... Oh 'the /ih'qti.qh of Messrs M. J. Fogarty and vallahce, it was decided id draw the attention of ‘the Highways Board to the condition of the sections 'mehtioned.