BETTER ROADS
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION'S SUGGESTIONS.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 9.
The Hutt Road Extension Act was discussed by the Wellington Automobile Club to-day. It was stated that the formation of the road just laid on the Hutt should be extended, there being 35 miles which could be undertaken. The total cost would be £182,000. So far as local bodies were concerned, it was held that they should not be relieved. The proposal was that their contribution should be based on their present obligations on those particular roads. The figure was placed at £2OO per mile per year for local authorities. Where a road went through a highway district the Highways Board should be asked to contribute, as under the Highways Act, £ for £. It was also sought to secure larger representation for the City Council on the new board for these particular undertakings, giving them a controlling authority. Individual representatives agreed to this after some opposition.
It was suggested that provisionshould be made for the Marine Drive. It was stated that Auckland received a grant of £60,000 for six miles of road.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19033, 10 June 1924, Page 5
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