MONEY FOR ROADS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 11

MONEY FOR ROADS.

WAITEMATA COUNCIL WORKS. £30,750 IN NEW LOANS. The Waitemata County Council lias been authorised by the Minister for Finance to raise the following loans: — ; puna riding, £20,000, at 5' per cent.; |, Pukeatua riding, £10,000, at 6 per cent. ; \ Jfuia flood damage, £750. Notice has been received by the council " ! that the following Government grants are • available:—Birkenhead to Albany: Coni j struction, £2000, £1 for £1; maintenance, l i £290, £1 for £2; Albany dairy flat, Silvcrdale, £1263, £1 for' £1, £200 free; " Kuraeu station, Itiverhead, £1250, £1 for £1. Auckland to Helensvillc: Maintenance, £143, £1 for £2. Helensville-Wai-wera: Waiwera Valley, £341, £2 for £1 ; -maintenance, £500, £1 for £2; Kaukapa- • ! kapa bridge, £469. £1 for £1. i In addition, £10,000 has been provided : for the concrete road to Henderson. It was reported at the- last, meeting of I the council that a loan was necessary for ; subsidising the Birkenhead-Albany vote : and that no metal was available for the i Albany-Silvcrdale road. On account of i the lack of funds the widening of the i main highway between Kunieu and >. ! Rewiti was delayed. The engineer said f j that ho thought that a portion of the . ! Henderson concrcto road vote could bo I temporarily transferred for tho purpose. ' | as there was no prospect of the whole of 1 i the money being required during tho curI rent financial year. }'■ The Auckland City Council wrote agreej ing to the proposal to lay 27 chains of ! concrete in Lincoln Road, Henderson, i j ___________________ I 1