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thoroughfares of London, such as Piccadilly, Brompton
Road, South Kensington, Old Brompton, etc., and the traffic
which comes from the densely populated neighbourhoods
adjacent thereto.
That through King Street East and Brook Green Road, there
passes the general traffic from the populous streets adjacent
thereto, and in addition to this local traffic, these roads accommodate
the enormous amount of heavy general traffic
which passes along the main Great Western Road of London,
and Brook Green Road accommodates the traffic coming
from and through London by way of Holborn and Oxford
Street, the densely populated neighbourhoods adjacent thereto,
and the important districts lying north and north-west
of the Metropolis.
That in addition to the existing heavy general traffic, your
Memorialists believe, that upon the opening of the thoroughfare
in continuation of Wood Lane, across the Scrubbs, to
the Harrow Road, a large additional amount of traffic will
have to be accommodated, coming from that portion of the
Metropolis lying north of the Wormwood Scrubbs, which
large area is being converted from arable and garden ground
into building land, and rapidly covered with houses. It is
believed that the opening of the new thoroughfare in question
will cause this large area to develope with increased speed,
and that the new thoroughfare will be required to accommodate
traffic coming therefrom, and from the adjacent
neighbourhoods lying north-west of the Metropolis.
That a very large amount of the heavy general traffic traversing
the before-mentioned important highways in your Memorialists
district, is composed of vehicles and pedestrians, drawn,
not only from your Memorialists' district, but from the
Metropolis generally, from the parishes and places adjoining
the Metropolis, and from the general traffic daily passing and
repassing through Greater London, and the whole of such
traffic requiring to cross and recross the Thames at Hammersmith
Bridge, both vehicular and pedestrian, has to pass
through the two narrow arches of the suspension towers,
where the fairway is fourteen feet only, and great danger
and considerable delay is occasioned by the contraction of
the highway at these two points.
That while in the year 1827 the accommodation provided may
have been amply sufficient for the requirements of that time,
your Memorialists respectfully desire to point out, that since
that period, the Metropolis has grown with gigantic strides,