TEN DAYS A ROAD
WHERE THE MONEY GOES CASE OF ORIENTAL PARADE.
Oriental parade as it stands is one of the best arguments to he found for permanent surfacing. Ten days ago the road was treated with metal, and now the highway is as bad as ever and the potholes as deep. Viewing it one is able to realise why the city’s bill for road maintenance has been £70.000 per annum. First-class metal, as used by the city engineer’s department, costs about 7s 6d per cubic yard, or 20s by the time that handling charges are added. it is put down at a depth of from three to Bix inches. And in less than a fortnight all the metal put down upon Oriental parade has proved ineffective. Partly responsible for this is the wet weather which has prevailed. Under dry conditions the road would have boon improved for some little time at least, but not for long, as a “Times” representative was tola yesterday that the motor traffic over the parade is too heavy for anything save permanent paving to stand up to it. In such streets patching is the only thing that can he done, and it is little better than useless. Fortunately the end of this state of affairs is at least in sight, for Oriental Bay is the first street on the paving schedule, and will be dealt with at the beginning of the next paving season.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12169, 20 June 1925, Page 4
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240TEN DAYS A ROAD New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12169, 20 June 1925, Page 4
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