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"The execution of this work would result in a
"considerable decrtase of the cost of Repairs, Slop"ping,
&c.
"A considerable portion of this work must neces"sarily
be suspended until the proposed Improvement
"of widening several of these thoroughfares is carried
"out by the Metropolitan Board of Works; but there
"are portions which could be at once undertaken."
In the foregoing estimate the Cost is stated in
total at about £20,000, this includes all the hard
worked portions of our main thoroughfares; but
does not include that portion of the Old Kent Road
east of the Canal Bridge to the Parish boundary, or
that of the Queen's Road east of Astbury Road, non
the Camberwell New Road. But should this estimate
of £20,000 be (for the present) considered beyond
the limits of the funds of the Vestry, I would certainly
recommend consideration to the necessity of forthwith
carrying out portions of the^work in the roads
enumerated below, for the especial reason that the
margins being narrow and the traffic exceptionally
heavy, the wear and tear of these parts of the roads
are so great, that the proposed outlay is really a
a matter of economy.