THE BRIDGE SCHEME
BILL BEFOKE COMMONS
BIG LONDON IMPROVEMENT
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LONDON, 20th February
The House of Commons, by 230 votes to 02, carried the second reading of the Bill permitting tho erection of Charing Cross Bridge, at a cost of £15,000,000, which is to be shared between the State and the London County Council. Tho measure was subjected to some criticism on the ground that the big suburban railway systems should be run underground, leaving the South London bank of the Thames for the development of a business and dwelling-house area on normal lines of sound town planning.
Sir Martin Conway urged that a square mile south of the river would bo a splendid centre, comparable with Regent street and Piccadilly, with great through routes relieving the praasure on tho Strand. Tho cost of the whole improvement could be paid by the increased site value.
, The London members generally approved of the proposal, emphasising that it would abolish a slum area and rehouse thousands of poor workers in better conditions.
Mr. Herbert Morrison, Minister of Transport, announced that the experts of the Ministry of Transport approved of the scheme.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 44, 21 February 1930, Page 9
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