WAITAKERE DRIVE
' ' FIRST SECTION OPEN THIRANGI TO WAIATARUA The Titirangi-Waiatarua section of the Waitakere Scenic Drive was open to traffic on Saturday, and was well patronised by motorists. A large portion of this stretch of road is now metalled, and although a certain amount of cutting remains to be done, the formation of the drive as far as the West Coast Road is nearing completion. A party of cyclists on racing machines | went through from Titirangi on Satuiv ■ day afternoon and found the grades ; generally easy in spite of loose metal, i the use of gears not being necessary. | The portion of the West Coast Road inj eluded in the drive has been re-aligned | and re-metalled. Beyond Waiatama the road can be negotiated for about a mile, at the end of which a remarkable view is obtained from an elevation of about 1500 ft. In addition to the Waitemata, Manukau and Kaipara Harbours, much of the Hauraki Gulf can be seen. A long strip of the Tasman Sea also is visible-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22916, 20 December 1937, Page 10
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171WAITAKERE DRIVE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22916, 20 December 1937, Page 10
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