Flood Prevention

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 127, 5 May 1925, Page 5

Flood Prevention

Biver Board’s Programme THE ESTIMATES ADOPTED. PROBLEM OF THE TUTAEKURL Speaking at to-day’s meeting of the Hawke's Bay Rivers Board on the work to be carried out by the Boehl, i Mr. Miller said that the most important undertaking was the diversion of t the Tutaekuri river irom Brookfield to the sea. It was the crux of the whole ri er question and had l«een favanr•ly reported on by e<en engine*** I who had come to the district. H© suggested that the other wnr<ls should ]trv nnd do with only maintenance work, and that the Board <x»n<entrate on this Ing uork K rate should »o ■ .I ’ CIO ; Mr. Porws - iid that lhe vihol© di-- • could n I sb© Tutaekuri o.erflow. There was a • anxer of the Tuki Tuki coming • <nrough if it were not attended to. ! I’e would be in favour of the overflow ;'t Brookfield being proceeded with when money was available. He '-on- • pied that the onh wav to do 4t would bo by raising a loan. Mr. Clark stated that if a lot oi money was going to be spent on tho Twyford bank a coi*rosp»nding smn would ha e to he spent on the bank oji the other side. Air. McLeod said thu parts of the Twyford bank were at of date, not a shovel full of soil Imving l>een put. on parts of it for oxer twenty years. After turthei discussion the estimates. as pul;i.she<i alter the boartrs ast meeting, .uj. adopted. ‘