MANUKAU COUNTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20725, 19 November 1930, Page 13

MANUKAU COUNTY.

PROGRESS OF ROAD WORKS.

PANMURE-HOWICK HIGHWAY.

The Panmure-Howick main highway, which is at present being reconstructed and paved i in concrete, will probably bo opened for' traffic be fori) Christmas Day. At yesterday's meetiing of the Manukau County Council, over which Mr. F. JL Waters presided, the engineer, Mr. J. R. Page, reported that the reconstruction work was proceeding steadily but slowly. Adverse weather conditions had generally retarded the work, and of the three and three-quarter miles involved, approximately 50 chains of paving still remained to be done.

Mr. Page also reported that during the past month, an improvement in weather conditions had eased the heavy wear and tear on all road surfaces, and maintenance requirements, although still heavy, had been in most cases more or less overtaken. Relief works had been continued and as an additional item the two-mile length of road between Matingarahi and Kaiaua was under construction by several parties of men. In the Papakurg, "and Wairoa Ridings, some expense was being incurred in clearing slips from works already completed by "unemployed relief parties, 'lhe policy of employing the men on road construction, however, was resulting in great improvement to primitive roads.

1 he reconditioning of abutments to the Favona Bridge had been carried out., and the bridge was now safe. The matter of resealing portions of the Mangere-Papa-toetoe main highwnv, which had 'been planned for the present financial year, would be the subject of definite arrangements and action earlv in Januarv.

Opposition to the suggestion to build a caretaker's residence a,"t the War Memorial Museum was expressed and it, was decided that the Museum Council should bo informed that (ho County Council could not support the scheme. It vras prepared to support a movement to have a nightwatchman appointed. It was reported that building to the value of had been granted during the month. A motion to rescind the committee's previous decision to close the Ihumatao scoria pit was carried, and it was decided that in tho future the pit should be open one day a week for the purpose of permitting ratepayers to remove scoria under tho supervision of a council employee, according to regulations previously made. Each ratepayer is permitted to remove 10 yards of scoria a year.