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EastHiii. The Tramways Company have extended
their double line of rails from Birdhurst Road to Alma
Boad, and have remcved the macadam and paved the
whole of the carriage-way with wood blocks. In connection
with this work the old kerbing on the south side of
the road was taken up, jointed, and relaid on concrete,
new kerbing being provided where necessary, and the
old tar-paving removed and York paving substituted
therefor, at a cost of £87 19s. 8d.; the Tramways Company
contributed £25 towards this amount. The approach
to the footpath on the east side of the Huguenot
Cemetery leading from East Hill to Huguenot Place has
been improved by the removal of the step and the lowering
of the footpath. The cost of this work, including
the re-topping of the tar-paving, was £8 15s. 7d.
Garratt Lane Owing to the narrowness of the road (the
minimum width being only 25 feet 6 inches including
path), and the awkward angle at Dunt's Hill, several
accidents have occurred there, and it is proposed to
make the roadway 50 feet in width. The Board are acquiring
the freehold premises on the south side known
as Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Dunt's Hill, the forecourts of Nos.
5 and 6, Keatch's Cottages, and a strip of the intervening
plot of land for the sum of £1,500. A portion of
the land required on the north side has also been secured
for the sum of £200, and negotiations are in progress
for acquiring the remaining portion of land required on
the north side. The estimated cost of the improvement,
including the land and York Paving for footpaths, is
£2,963 17s. 6d., and the London County Council have
agreed to contribute a sum of not exceeding £742 15s.
High street. The carriage entrances in front of the Town
Hall have been abolished and the whole of the old paving
taken up and relaid, the cost, including the necessary
new York paving, being £42 18s. 11d.