THE MILFORD ROAD
LIABILITY FOR UNFORMED SECTION MOTORISTS UP IN ARMS 1 • (Per United Press Association) CHMSTCHURCH, July 18. Members of the general council of the Automobile Association to-night protested strongly against the. Main Highways Board being compelled to take over the unformed portion of the scenic road in the Eglinton Valley to Milford Sound.
" I think this is one of the most serious things motorists have ever had to face," said the chairman. Mr W. R. Carey. " This road is a national one and not a motorists' one, yet it has been put on to the Highways Board by an authority which says, ' You have got to take it.'" " It is the same old story," said Mr F. W. Freeman. " The Government is goiug to see that the motorist pays." " Efforts have been made," said Mr Carey, "to put the cost of the past construction on to the board, but they have been resisted. The bonrd was willing to take over the 47 miles already formed, but because of theaction of 'this authority' the unformed portion has been declared a highway."
It was agreed that motorists ought to protest strongly and that the first step should be to have the matter discussed by the North and South Island Motor Unions.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22627, 19 July 1935, Page 10
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