. Transactions of conference held March 9 to 13, 1914, at Liberty buildings, Liverpool. uld be some prohibition of heavy traffic•along such thoroughfares. Roads in Town Planning schemes have been laid out as lowas 18 feet for carriage way. But there is nothing so far as Iknow under the present law to prevent a traction engine totravel along and ruin it. With regard to grass borders we, in Cheltenham, have many-of these, and also many miles of avenues of trees. There againone has to be careful in forming an estimate, but I take it ifthese are to be used they should be kept up by the authorityan
. Transactions of conference held March 9 to 13, 1914, at Liberty buildings, Liverpool. uld be some prohibition of heavy traffic•along such thoroughfares. Roads in Town Planning schemes have been laid out as lowas 18 feet for carriage way. But there is nothing so far as Iknow under the present law to prevent a traction engine totravel along and ruin it. With regard to grass borders we, in Cheltenham, have many-of these, and also many miles of avenues of trees. There againone has to be careful in forming an estimate, but I take it ifthese are to be used they should be kept up by the authorityand not by the householders, in fact it is impossible to keepthem up otherwise. With regard to tree planning that is ascience not of a high standard in this country. Although wehave many ordinary and big streets tree planted, we get com-plaints from one or another of the number of trees in the is brought about by the fact that the trees are not of theproper kind, and perhaps in the case of the houses not being setback a sufficient distance from the sides of the streets. 42. o o a. uj> It is possible even in narrow streets to provide trees and yetnot keep out light and air, and therefore in laying out thesestreets regard must be given to the type of tree which is planted. Mr. W. H. Hickson (Town Clerk, Rochdale).—I live in EastLancashire, not West Lancashire, and I look at roads such asQueens Drive with a considerable amount of envy. We aresituated in a hilly district with roads converging upon the centreof the town, and it is impossible to contemplate a ring roadround Rochdale—almost impossible even to contemplate wideroads through the town. We are bounded by hills on all sides,and if there is anybody present who has experience of theseconditions, I should like to hear how they have been dealt Piatt and I are trying to make some sort of town plans inpart of our district. We have to do the best we can withlimited resources, and we have come here to pick
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