PARKING AREAS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19383, 19 July 1926, Page 6

PARKING AREAS.

Sir, —Looking round as one goes on one's way, one is struck with the wasted opportunities which Auckland presents. There is an urgent need for parking space, which every day grows more and more clamant, and yet these round hills, which seem made for the purpose, are left unutilised. Constitution Hill stands on a magnificent acreage which only wants tunnelling to provide space for at least a hundred cars. Another could be made from the foot of the hill with a wide, low arch near where Grandisons' yard used to be. A double fight of shallow steps over the arch would enable pedestrians to mount the hill more easily than they now do. The work would employ any number of men, it could be begun at once, and the initial cost would be negligible, I should say. The same applies to Albert Park. Why waste all that underground which is so eminently fitted for parking cars ? An entry could be made at the top of Victoria Street East, and another in Kitchener Street, opposite where the Art Exhibition is now held. What is wanted is fresh blood m the City Council. i COMMONSENSE.