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The Board have exercised the powers vested in them, under the
106th section of the Act, for undertaking the repair at the public
expence, as public roads, of the following roads, which theretofore
were private roads, and maintained by private individuals, although
used by the public at large. The Park and Albert Roads were
taken conditionally on the payment by persons interested in them
of £140, the estimated cost of putting them in repair.
1. On the 3rd April—The road in Penge running from the
Billet Road, at a point near the Church, in a north west
direction to the boundary of the Hamlet.
2. On the 5th June—The road in Lewisham from Jew's "Walk
to Rock Hill, called Longton Grove, and Longton Grove
West.
3. On the 20th November—The Albert Road, Sydenham, and
so much of the Park Road there as lies between the north
east end of the Albert Road, and the High Street, Sydenham.
4. On the 11th December—The road in Penge called the
Belvedere Road, running from the boundary of the Hamlet
at the north west end of such road, to the boundary of the
Hamlet at the south west end of the same road.
Beyond maintaining the general repair of the roads in the
district, the Board have carried out various works for their improvement,
the more important of which are—
The formation of two new roads on Blackheath—one from the
corner of the Orchards, near Aberdeen Villas, to Talbot
Place, and the other from the Dover Road, at the entrance
into Greenwich Park, towards Tranquil Yale, Blackheath ;
and placing posts and rails for the protection of the heath at
various points;
The arching over and levelling the ditch throughout Lewisham
Village;
The laying a drain in and filling up the ditch along the south
side of Stanstead Lane, and throwing the space gained into
the road; and
The formation of kerbed footpaths at Forest Hill Terrace, near
the Railway Station, and in the Billet Road, Penge, from
the Crystal Palace Bridge towards the Church.
The encroachments on the Highways, which from time to time
have been made by various persons, have been the subject of great
consideration and lengthened debate. The attention of the Board
was drawn to the subject in March, by an encroachment then
making on the road, in Penge, leading to Beckenham. This was
summarily disposed of—the wall in the course of erection on the
Highways being pulled down under the order of the Board; the
fence was subsequently set back. Considerable difficulty has, however,
been felt in dealing with encroachments of more or less long
standing. A Committee was formed to inspect and report on the