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ascertaining what proportion of the cost they would be prepared to bear with
reference to the formation of the North Circular Road.
In November, permission was given to the British Vegetable Oil Co. to
lay a railway siding from the Great Eastern Railway at Pickett's Lock, crossing
Angel Road at Cook's Ferry.
On the 2nd December, it was reported to the Council that the County
Council had resolved to co-operate with the Government on the construction of
arterial roads in the County, providing that the Ministry of Transport supplied
not less than 50 per cent. of the cost and the Government, if required, floated
a loan for the amount of the County Council's contribution. The County
Council stated they would be prepared to undertake construction of the roads
by their own Engineer. This resolution, as far as it affects Edmonton, refers
to a portion of the North Circular Road estimated to cost £260,000 and a portion
of the Cambridge Road which is estimated to cost £160,000. On receipt of
this information my Council requested the County Council to instruct our
Engineer, under the supervision of the County Engineer, to proceed with the
Silver Street section of the North Circular Road, and a special committee of
five councillors was appointed to co-operate with the Unemployment Committee
to select the men to be employed.
On 15th December, the Works Committee reported that the widening of
Silver Street had been commenced and the unemployed had been taken on
through the Labour Exchange. It was also reported that the County Council
had written approving that the arterial roads be constructed by the District
Council as the agents of the County Council acting under the supervision of
the County Engineer, and that this work was commenced on December 6th,
the building lines to be not less than 20 feet apart. Further, in order to provide
work for the large number of ex-service and other men now out of employment, the
Council decided, in conjunction with the Middlesex County Council and the
Ministry of Transport, to proceed with the construction of the new 100 feet
arterial road towards Cambridge (coming north from Tottenham, and passing
through Weir Hall, the Council's housing estate, across Bury Street and through
the brickfields of Mr. Cornish in a north-eastern direction, involving the erection
of a new bridge over the Great Eastern line to Enfield.