Improving County Roads

Te Puke Times, 13 June 1933, Page 3

Improving County Roads

Proposed Metalling Scheme At last Friday’s meeting of the Tauranga County Council a letter was read from Mr H. Watkinson, District Engineer, advising that with a view to getting information as to what reproductive works are available for unemployed.in the district, his Department had asked him to submit a list of unmetalled roads which, if metal led, would assist'the settlers in further developing their farms. Mr Watkinson submitted the following list of roads : • •'' ‘ '■/ ' m'\ ■ u •v• ■ o *S tn: .~ “ § Kanie of Work S few Old Cambridge Road 3& 19i Omanawa Road 3 16* Woodlands Road 2& 8 Waitao Road ljjr 9 Upper Papamoa 6 4 No. 3 Road, Te Puke 2j 5* No. 2 Road, Te Puke 7 34 Harray’s Road 26, Esdaile's Road 4& 10* Locklngton’s Road 3 , 4* Crawford’s Road 6 " 's* Kaimai Soldiers* Road 3 4 Belk’s Road 4 7* Renshaw’s Road 2 8 Marshall’s Road 2 5 Wright’s Road 6 5* Moffatt’s Road 3§ 18 Ohauiti Road 4 20 Rangiuru Road 4j 20 Te Matai Road ? 18 * Denotes Crown land in addition to number of settlers quoted, f Denotes Native land in addition to number of settlers quoted, Mr Watkinson stated further that he would be glad to obtain the Council’s opinion as to the order of priority of the roads men tioned, and to what extent the Council would be prepared to assist financially. The Unemployment Board wnuld be prepared to subsidise the wages, but not the cost of the material and trahsport, although the Publio Works Department Would probably aOsist towards the latter boat. The Council discussed tho proposal at length, and the roads in the Te Puke and Maketu Ridings were considered as follows t Te Puke Riding.-Waitao Road, Upper Papamoa Road, No. 2 Road, No. 3 Road. Harray’s Road, Ohauiti Road. Preference was fixed as follows S (1) No. 2 Road, (2) No. 3 Road, (3) Bell’s Road, (4) Ohauiti Road.

It was stated that provision had already been made for Harray’s, Waitao and Upper Papamoa ROids.

Maketu Riding,—Rangiuru and Th Matai Roads were on the schedule. The Chairman said there were other roads in the Riding which required improvement. It was stated that attention had been given to the Rangiuru and To Matai Roads.

tt was decided to fix preference fof the Makettt Riding Roads as follows I (1) Te Tumu Road, (2) Kiituna Road.

The Council agreed that ten her Cant of the general rates produced F. nm tiie properties fronting and sorVvoj by each of the roads already indicated in the preference tables be allocated to the scheme. ■