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Dock Company's Act, 1894.
Considerable progress has been made during the year in carrying out the work within
the company's premises, authorised by the above Act, and the new bridge across the canal
near Plough Road, with the necessary approach road thereto, has been completed. The
Company, desiring to close the existing Plough Bridge and a portion of London Street, to
enable their contractors to complete the construction of the new canal lock, before completing
new road No. 2 as required by the Act, your consent to this arrangement was asked for and
obtained subject to the London County Council and the Greenwich Board of Works also
agreeing to the proposal.
At the request of the Vestry, the Company agreed to set back the pier at the junction of
the new road with Yeoman Street, 20 feet from the line of Plough Road, providing the
Vestry undertook to execute the necessary alterations to the roadways free of expense to the
Company, The pier has been set back and the connection between the new approach road
and Plough Road has been completed, the cost of the road and footway alterations amounting
to £64 7s. 4d.
The junction of the new road with Swing Bridge Road and London Street are at
present in abeyance owing to the inability of the Company to obtain the consent of the
Greenwich Board of Works to the before-mentioned arrangement as to the closing of the
existing roads. As soon as these connections are made, the new road and bridge will bo
opened for traffic, existing Plough Bridge closed and demolished.