KIRIPAKA RIVER ROAD

Northern Advocate, 19 August 1929, Page 4

KIRIPAKA RIVER ROAD

TO COST £20,000. MINISTER FAVOURABLE/ .v'' (Prom Our Parliamentary Special.) i . WELLINGTON, Saturday.” '' I Unemployed men in the Whangarei ’ district will be absorbed' in ' fair - ' ; numbers if, as now seems probable, a / reading scheme estimated to/involve the expenditure of approximately,. £20,000 is undertaken as the result' 'of representations made by Mr"A. J. Murdoch, Government, member for’ . Marsden, to the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. E. A. Ransom. The work relates’ to a proposed river road from Kiripaka to Ngunguru. The ' Minister said today that he considered the -scheme —should be adopted in preference to attempting improvements' to -the' exiStinjg.' hill ! road. He thought the Government would be justified in vfin&'fl(?ih|jv. ‘the cost of the formation and bridging provided the W.hangnrei County Council undertook all responsibility, including the necessary fencing in respect. to the legalisation of the toad, line. In the meantime an item to permit the commencement of the construction work has been placed bn the current year’s Estimates, for eon- ' sideration by Parliament. Immcdi-' - ately the legislation is sufficiently far ' advanced and the County Council"has : ' : passed a resolution agreeing to finalise legislation matters .without assistance from the Government, arrangements will be made to place relief workers on tho road. .