HANGAROA BLUFFS DEVIATION PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22816, 10 December 1948, Page 4

HANGAROA BLUFFS DEVIATION PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED

Mr. Tauloch'

An endeavour to arrange a roundtable conference of delegates from the Main Highways Board, Lands Department, Works Department, Rehabilitation Department, Cook County Council and the Gisborne-East Coast Regional Planning Council to discuss the deviation of the State highway in the vicinity of the Hangaroa bluffs, on the Gis-borne-Wairoa road, is to be made by the regional council. At yesterday’s meeting of the executive of the regional council, the •chairman, Mr. E. H. Baker, said he felt that if the council could even bring the parties interested in the deviation of this bad piece of highway together it had done something. Speaking of the priority of bridging work in the district, Mr. C. H. Cooper said that new bridges would be necessary if the deviation was put in. However, the East Coast road also required at least three new bridges. There was only one road serving this district and it "could not afford to be blocked through -bridges being in a poor state of repair. He was supported in this by Mr. D. E Chrisp, who said there were about 50 bridges on the Coast to be renewed. “Load restrictions on many of the bridges are hampering the transport of produce,” he added. “There is no road in the district with greater claim for priority in bridging.” He had no intention of endeavouring to have the Hangaroa deviation work made a priority job, said Mr. Baker, but the council must have a defined policy. Mr. W. Harnett urged that the returned servicemen on the St. Leger block should have good access to their properties. The deviation plan would probably take some years, he thought, but these men needed a bridge on their access road now. The two delegates appointed from the regional council were Messrs. C„ H. Cooper and D. W. W. Williams.

Pupils at the Waharoa School, Cambridge. were set a general knowledge test Among the questions were: ' Who is the member of Parliament tor Fiako?” One answer was: “Mr. Tauloch.” The member for Piako is Mr. W S. Goosmao. Tauloch is Mr. Goosman's outstanding threc-year-old racehorse, which won the Churchill Stakes at Riccarton last Saturday week.