A DANGEROUS HILL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 11 July 1921, Page 5

A DANGEROUS HILL

ON TAWHITI ROAD. A strong deputation waited upon the Hawera County Council on Satur- : day, and presented a petition signed by 42 people asking the Council to have the road over the hill near the Tawhiti bacon factory straightened and the grade reduced. Mr Patterson, who headed the deputation, said he felt that the present was the time for the work to be undertaken, as he understood that labour was very plentiful. The hill, which was close to Hawera, wal one of the most dangerous places in the county, and nothing had been done to it for the past thirty years. The traffic, which was very heavy now, was increasing every year. Mr Murdoch: What are you prepared to do? Mr Patterson said he was prepared to pay £50 towards the ,cost of land taken, and he understood there was another man who would give a few pounds. ' Mr Murdoch: What will the work cost? Mr Patterson: I can't say; you could spend, up to £3000 or £4000 on the road. Mr Murdoch: Everybody admits that the road is dangerous. If it is straightened will it affect the house on the top of the hill ? Mr Patterson: Mr Goodger has signed the petition, . and is very ! anxious to have the work done. ! Cr Linn asked how much land j would have to be taken. Mr Corrigan: Just a few links. Mr Patterson said he had been under the impression that the road had been deviated from its proper course because the fences on each side of the hill were in line. The chairman said they had made the same mistake once, but had found I that the road was in the right placeHe pointed out that the present was not a time for spending much money on roads that were passable. Mr Corrigan: You are metalling the Tawhiti road, and might attend to the hill at the same time. The chairman: Our toverseer will get out an estimate, and if the costis going to be £1000 we cannot undertake the work unless the ratepayers assist. Mr Corrigan: The assistance that a ratepayer should give cannot be esti- I mated. The work will not confer direct but general benefits. Mr Corrigan further said that he and Mr Patterson could meet the •verseer and .give him an idea of what they required. The chairman-said that if the road was staightened it would be necessary to extend the concrete Abridge at the foot of the hill. Mr Corrigan: The whole of the work could probably be done for £500. The chairman: We will get at it ! absolutely by means of the overseer's report. t ~ " — .i