NELSON-BELNHEIM ROAD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 11 April 1922, Page 2

NELSON-BELNHEIM ROAD

i WAIRAU BOARD’S ATTITUDE j At a meeting uf the Wairau Rond | Board a fetter was received from the JVlorus Road Board, forwarding a re- ; vised scale of percentages for the j maintenance of the Blenbeim-Xelson road, the scale including the Wairau ! Bridge lo the Rai Saddle, as follows: Rclorus Road Board 25 per cent., i Blenheim Borough Council 20 per ' cent., Nelson City Council 15 percent. Wairau Road Board 15 per cent., •; Havelock Town Board I per cent., , Omaka Road Board 10 per cent.. ! Spring Creek Road Board 9 per cent., ; Hit ton Road Board 5 per cent, j A cross-table discussion outlie inati ter ensued, the chairman (.Mr R. I'. j Coulter) expressing the view that an : .illocation of 15 per cent, for the Wai--1 ran Board as compared with the I Omaka Board’s ]0 per cent, was not : equitable. j Mr G. 11. Broadbridge considered | Unit a scheme should be devised to ; make Ihe people who used the road | responsible for it, but if it was necessary for the local ; bodies to contribute. the exact cost should be ascer- ’ rained, so dial a special rate could be struck. At present the Board required all its own rates in its own dist rict. 1 On Mr D. Hi shell’s motion, it was i decided to reply that the Board ean--1 not; see its way to eontribute to the 1 upkeep of the road. !