DISTRICT ROADS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11760, 6 October 1932, Page 2

DISTRICT ROADS

LARGE -DECREASE -IN GRANTS.

LAST YEAR’S VOTE OF £50,350 DWINDLES TO £15,748.' .....

(Special to the Times)

: WELLINGTON, Oct. 5. That the economy, axe hasi descended heavily, on,, the Public Works •Fund was emphasised in. the Public Works Estimates and a typical instance can be seen in the votes for roads in the. Gisborno district. Last year the amount voted was £50,550. of which £24.096 was expended. This _ year’s votes total only ■ £15,748, with a liability of £1450 on March 31, 1332. ’ COOK COUNTY. Elhners’s (access): Liability £49, vote £lB. : Hangaroa Junction to Waikaromoana: Liability £94. vote £2Bl. Last vear £2667 was voted and £2480 spent. The estimated amount required to complete the work is £20,668. . Msnutuke to Wairoa, via Mungapoike Valley: Mangapoike Valley section (£2 ” for £1). £800; Manutuke to Reuy’s Bridge '■section (£2 for £1), £1866Monk’s Road. Waimjnta (£2 for £1): Vote £334. Panikau road (£72, £1 for £1): Liability £133, vote £129. Stevens’s Road bridge (£1 for £1): Liability £l9, vote £l9. Waimata Riverside Road (Conner’s) (£1 for £1): Liability £9l. vote £99. MATAKAOA county. Kokomuku Road: Liability £203, tote £1073. Main East Coast Road: Potaka junction to Whungaparaoa —Liability £6, vote £209: Whangaparaoa to Opotiki County boundary—vote £2OOO. Potaka Junction .to Waiklira: Vote £146. • .. UAWA COUNTY. ’ Kaiaua to Tolaga Bay, £ll CO; Mungatokerau Road (£1 for £1), £150; Manga tuna Crossing Road (£1 . for £1), £112; Rutledge’s road protective works. Waihapu stream, £2OO- - /Caldwell.’®* bill— Liability £487, vole £749; Caldwell’s to Huanui junction Vote £2OOO. Tolaga to Arakihi: Liability £2O, vote £845. t WAIAPU COUNTY. Ilurukia Block Access Bridge, No. ]. crossing, Mangaoporo (£l for £1) (on account): Vote £BOO. Jerusalem to Whareponga: 4 ote £146: Makarika to Horehore (£3OO. £1 for £1): Liability £2O. vote £1410; erosion, above Mata river suspension bridge—Vote £3OO. Makarika to Matakiia (£2 for £1): Liability £SO. vote £250. Mata River suspension bridge: Liability £lsl, vote £325. . fapuwaeroa Road (yrucective works): Vote £2OO. WAIKOHU COUNTY. Armstrong Road (£1 for £1): Liability £4O, vote £134. Here to. Wbarekopae (£2 for £1): Liability £SO, vote £SO. Waioeka Road: Liability £27, vote £2B. Waipaoa Valley: Vote £275. TAURA NG A DISTRICT. In the Tauranga road district: the sum of £147,999 was expended last year out of a vote of £167,915- This year a vote of £84,978 is sought, the liability on March 31, 1932. being £3393.' Following ore (lie estimates for the Opotiki County:— Opotiki to East Cape: Keren bridge—Vote £GCO: Motu River to Te Kalia—(£6, £1 for £1; £62, £2 Te Kaha—£6 (£1 for £1 ; £62, £2 for £1) —Liability £62, vote £6B, Oreto to county boundary (£3 for £1) — Liability £B2, vote £B2; Raukokore bridge—Vote £800; Te Kalia to Orete —Liability £332, vote £6033, part recoverable from Unemployment Fund Opotiki to Mntawai, via Waioeka: Liability £l3. no vote: Opato bridge —Liability £lO3. vole £103: Owliiri. toa stream bridge—Liability £IOO. no rote. Takuputalii Road: Liability £l6B, vote £707, part recoverable from Unemployment Fund. Waiana Block Access; Vote £3OO. part recoverable from Unemployment Fund. Waiotahi Valley Rood: Vote £IOO part recoverable from Unemploy ment Fund.