MOUNT EDEN BOROUGH.
IMPROVEMENTS TO ROADS. The concrr-t inn Boston Ko.'ul from Normanby Road to Mount Eden Road, at present being iindortakon by tlio Mount Eden Borough Council, marks a furllicr ago in a scheme for e.\t onsive road improvements within tlif borough under '■ taken during the past two years The .greater part of the road was con ' creted some months aco by the City Council, and it is intended to complete I tie | remainder with a concrete strip 18ft. wide J The sides will be. done with bitumen. The work, which will occupy about two months, during which time the road will ho closed to vehicular traffic, should prove of great value, since the road is the most convenient route to Mount Eden Road from Kliyber I'.iss Road, eliminating a long detour to Symonds Street. The Mount Eden liorough Council cmbarked upon its scheme for the permanent surfacing of all its roads. two years \ ago, when the sum of £87.500 was alio- , cnterl for the purpose from a loan for < £IIO.OOO. About £20,000 of the fund re- } mains. j Workmen are at present engaged on , Woodside and Fairview Roads, while | Mount Pleasant Road and Prospect Ter- , race were recently completed Brentwood , Avenue and Landscape Road will receive , attention next.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20114, 27 November 1928, Page 12
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