MORERE DEVIATION

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11121, 3 February 1930, Page 3

MORERE DEVIATION

IMMEDIATE'. START SOUGHT FURTHER REPKESJSNTATIONS TO Mi.MSi'.R.

CHAMBER.' OF COMMERCE ACTION.

Returning wW;%in. to an old old bone.rtf contention, tne Cham, her Ul meeting on 1' rtufiy, resolved to make to the Minister tor Pub lie .-(forks for an ininiediai.b start " d-i'c ’ the Morere deviiVtidli of the mtniu south roavL Mr-. C. Viv BlOoro brought up the ltHVtter when speaking to the annual report. “Unfortunately wo have a iair amount of unemployment at present/’ . iiG said, “and I will pro. posy inter that we urge an imrne.

. uihto start with the Morere deviaj tion. This deviation wi.l out out the j whitst -spot on ally main road Jn the j North island, it will • shorten the I journey by a mile and the new route

would be a much more pleasant one

for travellers. It will mean half an hour saved on the journey to Napier, a very important consideration. The deviation has already been surveyed, 1 believe, and everything is in readiness for an immediate start.”

Later in the meeting, Air. Bloore brought up the subject again. Its [minted out that the work on the deviation was situated at a luyidv distance for sending out the unem. ! ployed and stated further that ah the sendee drivers using the south road were in favour of the deviiiition, they considering there was serious danger of the whole present road slipping away. He moved that the Minister be written to asking that the deviation bo commenced ini. mediately. Pointing out that the work hail been contemplated lor a long time, Mr. A. L. Muir seconded the n otion. The chairman (Air. L. Aides) .commented that he could not see how half an hour would be saved, since :t did not take that time to travel brer the deviation. The present read was a bad one perhaps, but-, to previous representations by the Chamber in this matter, it had always been pointed out that there were other works more urgent than the one mentioned. 'They would get the same answer on this occasion. To his mind, the present- road was not a dangerous one, though it cor. taiuly could be improved. Air. T. Corson supported the pro. posal, but stated that he had been informed, I rum reliable sources, that the Mangapoike road was to bp the mam one of the future, since it was shorter and with- betid grades than the present route. Mr. F. ;U. Ball suggested that in representations to the Minister, the time saved should he put- down as 10. minutes, not half an hour, the shorter period being more near lv correct.

Air. Bloom agreed to this and 'he proposal was carried.