NORTH ROAD BRIDGES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17605, 22 October 1931, Page 4

NORTH ROAD BRIDGES

NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VIEW While Gisborne people aie anxious to secure the construction of ;bridges over uie Wamuka creeks, on me mum ilurtnem oimet, tne Alain iiigiiwiiys • hoard appears just as keen to O.ring uuout tne uesired. result, and negotiations are stm proceeding between tne boat'd ufici tne vvtukoliu Gounty Gouileil. Information concerning thte board s atuiaao was beiore toe council oi tne Gisborne Chamber of CohiinCrce: al yesterday afternoon s Meeting in the lorni oi a letter from Ail', i*. FUiKeri, chairman of t)i« board, under -the cta.e Ot September 26. Since then, however, tlie board lias made, a lurtiier oher to tile Vvaikohu County Council, according, to rid vice o.btauied from tlie i’uhiiC Works Lepactmeut. and the hope is expressed that on this occasion an ttgrteelnblit will be reached, enabling the construction oi the bridges to be proceeded With. The L'hamber of Commence inid previously impressed upon, the. Highways Board tlie importance oil having tue bridges erected, and recently hud for* warned two letters oil tlie subject. Tue communication before the .chamber yesterday was in reply to. these representations, and read: "Some Lille, ago the board intimated that it would • bfe prepared to proceed with tlie erteetionof the four bridges concerned, if the Mai-, kohu County ‘ Council would contribute the sum of £ISOO. Further, the board decided that if the council experienced difficulty in providing'this sdni it would •be prepared to accept payment, ut certain annual amounts. The; basis of thte contribution is considerably more liberal on the board’s part than the usual subsidy rate for bridge eohstruttion, but unfortunately up to the present tlffi County Council has not. signified its willingness to provide its quota of the cost on the basis suggested. -Tlie board is still hopeful that the council will see its way to agree to the. financial arrangements and if this can be satisfactorily arranged tho j quostion of constructing the bridges will receive the board’s early attention.” ; Air. T. E. Toneycliffe suggested that, all local bodies whose- traffic! used the road should be made to. contribute towards the cost. Air. F. R. Ball, who was in the chair, suggested again writing to’ the Highways Board asking it to reach a conclusion of the dispute by offering, to declare the Kanakanaia road a secondary highway. The ' chairman’s suggestion was adopted.