Fig. 40 



UNDER CONTEMPLATION 



S. 



This map, copied from the "Town Planning Review," shows the area of Greater London, 

 comprising what is known as the Metropolitan district, having an area of 693 square miles. Another 

 391 square miles of territory outside the metropolitan area is included in districts which have a 

 direct interest in the arterial road system of Greater London. No less than 137 local authorities 

 have jurisdiction in the combined area, and all of these authorities appointed representatives to 

 the Conferences on Arterial Roads in 1913. For that purpose the areas were divided into six 

 sections indicated by dotted boundaries on the map. These conferences have had frequent meet- 

 ings and have agreed upon plans of arterial roads for the whole area, a great part of which is en- 

 tirely rural. 



The authorities, while thus combining to determine the skeleton plan of the main highway 

 system, are acting separately in preparing town planning schemes for their own areas. The map 

 indicates the progress made from the passing of the Act in December, 1909, to December, 1913. 

 Since then several schemes have been further advanced, including that of Ruislip-Northwood 

 (illustrated in figure 39), which was completed in 1914. See page 219. 



