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SECTION IV.
ROADS.
No private streets have been made up during the year under the 1892 Act.
The usual tar-spraying of main and other roads was carried out during the
summer months, and the systematic repair of roadways and footpaths has been
carried on throughout the year, when material has been available.
The main road widenings consequent upon the installation of electric tramcars
have made progress, but even at the end of the year some few had not been
completed.
In January, it was decided to raise a loan of £1,000 for resurfacing Angel
Road Bridge with granite setts.
A conference was held at the Guildhall, Westminster, of the Middlesex
Local Authorities and the County Council on the 30th April, to consider suggestions
of the Ministry of Transport with regard to the classification of roads.
In April, the Ministry of Transport informed us that £5,000 grant was
available for works to improve various roads in the district and our Engineer
forwarded plans for the making up of the following roads:—Cross Street, Dysons
Road, Bridge Road; Montague Road (Angel Road to Cart Overthrown), Park
Avenue and St. Mark's Road.
On the 12th October, the Engineer reported that a complete scheme had
been forwarded to the Ministry of Transport on the 22nd September for the
extension of the North Circular Road through Edmonton with a width cf 60 feet,
together with estimates and full particulars. This scheme would provide work
for many unemployed. It would continue work which had been done shortly
before the outbreak of the Great War by widening Silver Street and culverting
Pymmes Brook. It was proposed to extend the North Circular Road eastward
across Fore Street and down Angel Road as far as the River Lea by culverting
in Pymmes Brook for that distance and throwing the additional width into the
roadway.
For the work done in 1914, contributions had been received from the Road
Board, the Government Unemployed Fund and the Middlesex County Council,
and the Edmonton Council found the balance of the total expenditure which
was estimated at about £12,000.
In October, the Council decided that the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry
of Health and the Middlesex County Council be approached with a view to