GREAT SOUTH ROAD
LOOSE METAL DANGER
COMPLAINTS BY MOTORISTS
The touring manager of the Auckland Automobile Association, who returned from the Waikato yesterday afternoon, reported that the Franklin County section of the Great South Road between the Bombay deviation and Papakura was in an extremely dangerous condition. High ridges of loose metal, piled up by traffic, rough corrugations and potholes, caused very uncomfortable conditions and several cars were passed which had experienced bad .skids when encountering loose inetal on the high-crowned road. Although a good deal of the traffic was necessarily travelling at a very moderate pace, dense clouds of heavy dust totally obscure-' visibility at times, rendering driving conditions very dangerous and calling for the utmost caution.
" Considering the amount of maintenance money that is being expended on this highway, the results are very disappointing," said tho touring manager. lie expressed the opinion that the patience of motorists was exhausted and that unless there was some change in the policy with regard to permanent improvements, the Main Highways Board would have to be urged to take over tho control of the road.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21342, 17 November 1932, Page 13
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