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ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
I have prepared the Table below showing the Road Improvements
carried out or projected during the year.
Lewisham Parish.
Locality of Improvement.
Remarks.
Improvement of Road at the junction of Southend
Lane and Bromley Road
Arranged to be carried out
at the convenience of the
Board.
Ivy Lane Improvement
Deferred.
Lowering Footpath, Montpelier Yale, Blackheath
Negociating.
Lawrie Park and West Hill, Sydenham, Road
Improvement
Completed.
Perry Vale Improvement
Completed.
River Quaggy, proposed Improvement between
Lee Bridge and Granville Terrace
Abandoned.
Widening Roadway, Lee Bridge (Staite's corner)
Completed.
Widening Stanstead and Catford Hill Road
(Bird's Estate)
Negociating.
Widening Railway Bridge near Forest Hill)
Station
Negociating.
Widening Road and Footpath along Leathersellers'
Company's Estate, Stanstead Lane
Completed.
Hamlet of Penge.
Locality of Improvement.
Remarks.
Improvement to entrance Penge Railway
Station, L. B. and S. Coast Railway, Cab
Stand, &c.
Completed.
Widening Railway Bridge over Crystal Palace)
and West End Branch, Anerley Road
Completed.
Widening Roadway Canal Bridge, Anerley Road
Negociating.
The most important Road Improvement completed during
the year was widening the Railway Bridge over the Crystal Palace
and West End Branch in the Anerley Road, Penge. The width
of the Road was increased from 29 feet to over 45 feet. When I
submitted the drawings to the Penge Committee in 1874, there
appeared very little chance of the alteration being carried out.
This makes the second Railway Bridge upon the London, Brighton
and South Coast Railway the Board have widened. There yet
remain two others, viz.:—the Bridges near Forest Hill and
Anerley Station. I trust it may not be long before these works are
done. The Roadway of Lee Bridge, Lewisham, was widened from
40 feet to 50 feet. More than one fatal accident has occured
here, said to have been caused by the narrowness of Lewis Grove.
The widening of Stoney Lane was completed, which cannot fail to