View report page

REPORT.
Gentlemen,
I beg again to lay before you a statement of the various works
executed under the direction of my department.
No road paving has been laid during the year, but I have prepared
estimates and submitted them to the Highway Committee for executing
a large amount of work under this head.
The paving of the carriageways of the two main roads remains in a
good condition with the exception of the north side of the Commercial
Road, at the western end; this should be repaved with new stone, as it
is in a dangerous state.
I have recently recommended the Highway Committee to pave the
channels of Bancroft Road with pitchers made from the scoriae arising
from the iron furnaces. I think it likely that this material will prove
very suitable for paving channels. In the present days of road rolling
it is very desirable that the channels of all macadamised roads should be
paved.