HAMILTON CIVIC SQUARE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18890, 12 December 1924, Page 12

HAMILTON CIVIC SQUARE.

ASSURED BUSINESS CENTRE. REMOVAL OF HILL PROPOSED.. [by. telegraph.-—own correspondent. ] HAMILTON. Thursday. One of the largest aiid most compre-' hensive schemes ever considered by the Hamilton Borough Council came forward last evening, when the assistant-engineer, Mr. R. Worley, submitted a scheme for the construction of a civic square. Hamilton at present lacks one great essential definite centre, about which people can establish businesses with some assurance that trade will not move to another part. Mr. Worley's scheme is to cut a level roadway between Collingwood and Ward Streets, on the line of Alexandra Street, remove the whole of the hill on the river aide of this line, including Garden Place,' opposite the Courthouse, for 100 ft. on the school side. This would create a level square at Garden' Place, 440 ft. by 200 ft., which could either have a clock tower, monument, or gardens in thef centre, witu 66ft of roadway surrounding it. The new Post Office is ultimately to be built at the present Courthouse site, while the hillside, with additional excavation, would be an admirable site for public buildings. The scheme is estimated to cost £80,000, against which the council would possess assets in building sites made available to the value of £171,000. Several councillors spoke in glowing terms of the proposal, which was referred to a committee to •