A BIG SCHEME.
REMODELLING OF SYDNEY. HEAVY OUTLAY INVOLVED. •Jnited Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. SYDNEY, June 26. The final report of the City Improvement Commission, which has been sitting since May of last year, has been published. The committee recommends a comprehensive scheme for the remodeling of Sydney, including the immediate introduction of underground electric railways in the city and suburbs, the widening of Elizabeth Street through out its entire length to not less than 100 feet, and the creating, widening, and improvement of some other streets. Other recommendations for generally beautifying and developing the city include the removal of the Pyrmont bridge, the providing of new traffic routes to the wharves, dealing with slum areaa, and housing reforms. ' It is considered that the scheme will meet the needs of Sydney traffic for the next twenty-five years, at the end of which, at the present rate of increase, it is estimated that the population of the city and suburbs j will be a million and a quarter.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9528, 28 June 1909, Page 5
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168A BIG SCHEME. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9528, 28 June 1909, Page 5
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