CONDITION OF THE ROADS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19825, 30 December 1938, Page 4

CONDITION OF THE ROADS

ADVICE FROM A.A. PATROL TO-DAY’S DISTRICT REPORT Although all the highways leading into Gisborne have been corrugated to a certain extent by the heavy holiday traffic, the resident A.A. patrol, Mr. D. M. McGregor, reports that the section that has suffered most is that between Nuhaka and l Wairoa, on the Morere route between Gisborne arid Napier. The report on district road condition® made available this morning by the patrol is as follows: Gisborne-Opotiki, via Cape Runaway .—Surface good; water courses low, Raukokore River passable for heavy cars with experienced drivers without assistance; inexperienced drivers should be towed through, some having had difficulty while attempting the crossing under .their own power. Gisborne-Opotiki, ' via Waioeka. — Good order; exercise care and do not speed in gorge section; Gisborne-Opotiki, via Mptu.—Surface fair; narrow winding road. Gisborne-Wairoa, via Morere. —Good order to Nuhaka, beyond that the surface is badly corrugated. Gisborne-Wairoa, via Tiniroto. —Reasonble travelling surface. Wairoa-Napier. Mohaka traffic bridge now open; reconstruction Tangoio route also open to traffic; old settlement road advised in event of rain. Waikaremoana-Rotorua.—Good order. Owing to tlhe wet and unsettled weather in the Opotiki district it is reported; that the number, of visitors to the township during the holidays has not been as large as last year. Steady rain fell in the district on Tuesday afternoon. • Several campers are established along parts of the coast on the Opotiki-Cape RunawayGisborne scenic highway.