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widening of the carriageway and footway are well in
hand. The resnlt of the improvement is already seen to
be very great, and the relief which will be given to the
congested traffic must prove of great advantage.
City Lands in Tottenham Court Road.
During the year the Corporation of London, who are
the owners of a large block of property in Tottenham
Court Road, Store Street, and adjoining thoroughfares,
submitted a proposal to wliich they desired the Board's
consent; it involved the abolition of North and South
Crescents, the rebuilding of houses in Store Street, Alfred
Place, and Chenies Street, and the construction of a new
Street from Chenies Street into Alfred Mews, with a
widening of the Mews into Tottenham Court Road, and
the construction of a new Street from the rear of the
property in South Crescent into Tottenham Court Road.
Believing that the same would be a great improvement
the Board intimated to the Corporation of London that,
subject to the adjustment of all details and to the sanction
of the London County Council being obtained, they would
be prepared to give their cordial support to the proposals.
The works have been sanctioned by the London
County Council, and it is anticipated that as soon as the
leases of the property have expired the new thoroughfares
will be constructed.
New Street from High Holborn to the Strand.
When the last Annual Report was prepared the Bill
promoted by the London County Council for the formation
of the new Street from High Holborn to the Strand and