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Combined Drainage.
The question of the unsatisfactory condition of the law
as to combined drainage has been again under consideration,
and a communication has been addressed to the President of
the Local Government Board in support of representations
made to him by the London Borough Officers' Association,
for the introduction of legislative remedies for the serious
difficulties met with by the local authorities in reference
thereto.
Royal Commission on London Traffic.
Reference was made in the fourth report to the evidence
which was given on behalf of the Council before the Royal
Commission appointed to enquire into the means of locomotion
and transport in London.
The Commission has completed its labours and issued
its report, which comprises, amongst other proposals, the
following affecting highways in this Borough :—
(a) The widening of the Great Western Road out
of London, which includes Hammersmith Road and
King Street (suggested by the Advisory Board of
Engineers);
(b) The construction of tramways :—
i. Across Hammersmith Bridge, to connect
the authorised tramways of the London County
Council, at the north end of the bridge, with those
of the London United Tramways Company at the
south of the bridge;
ii. Between Hammersmith and Knightsbridge;
and
iii. Between Uxbridge Road and the Marble
Arch;
(c) The provision of railway accommodation from
Hammersmith to the City, via Kensington, Piccadilly,
and the Strand.
Important recommendations are also made dealing with
the regulation of traffic, breaking up of streets, use of
streets by costermongers, construction of subways, positions
of cabstands, &c., and the establishment of a Tribunal
possessed of special powers in regard to traffic questions.