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which a strip of land was handed over to the public, and the
roadway widened 6 feet, the width of the footway being increased
to 10 feet. Owing to the presence of flood water the scheme for
constructing an underground urinal at this spot was abandoned.
main roads.
The provisions of the Local Government (England & Wales)
Act, 1888, enacts that those roads which the County Council
declare to be "main roads," such as omnibus routes, and roads
leading to railway stations, &c., should be maintained and kept
in repair, partially, or in whole, by, or at the expense of, the
Council. The Vestry resolved to request the London County
Council to declare the following roads "main roads."
Whitehall
Parliament Street
Grosvenor Road
Millbank Street
Bridge Street
Broad Sanctuary
Victoria Street
Vauxhall Bridge Road
Marsham Street
Great Smith Street
Earl Street
Tothill Street
York Street
Horseferry Road
Strutton Ground
Regency Street
Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge Road
Kensington Road
Exhibition Road
knightsbridge green urinal.
The urinal, which had rendered the regulation of the traffic at
this locality a difficult operation, was entirely removed, and the
refuges in the road altered and the roadway widened and paved
with wood blocks. A scheme to construct an underground urinal
was proposed, but abandoned.
I have the honour to be, gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
G. R. W. WHEELER, A.M.I.C.E.,
Surveyor