A NEGLECTED WORK.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1933, Page 6

A NEGLECTED WORK.

It is a reflection on the powers that be that long before now the top end of Carrington Road has not been connected by a metal road with the loading system on the Opuhake side of the ranges. The Chamber of Commerce trip on Saturday afternoon showed that the work was a comparatively easy and inexpensive one. The four or five miles of bridle track was shown to be practically level, and the bridging over the streams to involve no engineering problems. On the western side good work has been and is being done by relief camp workers in regrading and metalling, and in a few months the settlers in this long neglected district will have the benefit of 'all-weather access. There seems no reason why this work should not be continued towards New Plymouth. It would save the settlers a detour of from eleven to twelve miles when they desire to visit to wit and give relief to settlers along the route, who at present have an unenviable experience in wet weather. The land was opened to settlement some thirty years ago, and the reading facilities now are very little bet-

ter than they were in those days. This is a reflection upon all those concerned. There are no physical difficulties in the way, and the cost will not be very heavy, some £6500, it is estimated, but that is probably counting labour, of which there is a super-abundance today for which employment has to be found. No better work than opening up country and giving through communication to a large number of settlers could possibly be found in the whole district. The quality of the land to be served is surprisingly good, and from a scenic point of view a through road would be thoroughly justified. The Government has done good work in establishing the camps and employing relief for the improvement of the roads on th® western side, but it is obvious from a visit to the district that it cannot be completely successful or effective unless the work of joining up with the Momona bridge is proceeded with immediately afterwards-