GRAFTON BRIDGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19511, 15 December 1926, Page 10

GRAFTON BRIDGE.

Sir, —For some reason best known tp itself, the City Council seems to havji little thought to spare for Grafton Bridge,, although it is one of the busiest thoroughfares m the city. Its surface is in jx shocking state, "in spite of perpetuus patching, and the exasperating splashing of pedestrians by heedless motorists occurs whenever rain fa,lis. Speeding is ajl too common among many of these samp motorists. The excellent foocpath rule™--traffic only on the one-way principle, keeping always to the right—is not enforce# as it should be. I have seen lately various amazing defiances of it—the lefthand footpath taken by men in uniform (said to be a badge of ready obedience to discipline) and even policemen so attired. The notice boards aro disregarded Some time ago the pedestrian traffic was controlled with good effect. Why has the council abandoned this ? Some (lay thcrs will be trouble between pedestrians keeping the by-law and others defying it, and the council may v be cited in an assault case as "accessory before the fact." Thfl simple device of two notices painted on the footpath, one at the end of each left-hand path—"Please take the othetf path"--might help. If that i : s too long, the "please" might be left' out. Keep to the-Right,