HIGHWAY COUNCIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10412, 20 October 1927, Page 7

HIGHWAY COUNCIL.

REQUESTS TO MINISTER. LICENSE FEE COLLECTION. The Highways 'Council governing Poverty Buyuuid the East Coast districts, at a recent meeting, agreed that the following', counties should forward -requests for grants iLreyi to "th« Minister and through the Public Works '.Department in the ' supnleiuoutnry estimates,:' ' Uawa County, who cannot liild a X for £ subsidy • Mi’ the..Maiigatokeroa road is asking ior' £iii>o free grant. A grant is also' being sought l'or' the Gisborne-Opotiki via coast north and south boundary. . -.. • ... . The ; Matakaoa County Council is seeking about £<loo for work am the Hide’s Bay Hill ' road, whilst, the: Wniapii County Council is asking for a grant ior the- Eotokaufcului-'i ikitiki road. L '• It was also resolved: ; “That owing to tlio unsatisfactory result aim uneconomical value of tlie •present method of collection of heavy traffic license, fees, the same be done away with and the collection of-. the license fees bo taken over by Post Office and carried , but at the same time as the number plates are issued'', the fees collected to be allocated to the local,bodies on a basis, of minimum value >after 5 per cent, deduction has been made for administration.” C