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Our Engineer has kept in close touch with the question of arterial roads
through Middlesex and Essex. A conference of authorities in May, 1916, is
expected to place the subject on a tangible basis.
In November my Council became aware of the approaching development
of the large Booker estate on the borders of Tottenham and Edmonton. This
is the S.E. part of the area where factories exist, and is well provided with
transport facilities by rail, road or the Lea Navigation. I hope that my Council
will see that this area is developed on wise and healthy lines.
TOWN-PLANNING CONFERENCE.
This Conference, convened by the National Housing and Town-Planning
Council, was held at the Westminster Palace Hotel on April 20th and 21st. I
was one of 5 representatives of Edmonton.
It considered (1) the various stages in the detailed preparation of town
plan schemes (2) the administration of the Housing Act (No. 2) 1914, during
the war. Representatives were invited from Greater London, Middlesex,
Essex, Herts, Kent, and Surrey.