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LAND & WATER 
October 26, 1916 
II.-Main Roads in 1790 
routes makes it essential that newer and speedier routes 
should be rendered available. 
The London Trathc Commission of 1005 made a be- 
ginning' in the consideration of the jjroblem, and the 
recently abolished London TratiJic Branch of the Board 
of Trade has by many years of careful investigation 
prepared the necessary data as to the needs and direction 
of the traffic. Meanwhile, the loss of life and the number 
of injuries to persons using the streets of the Metropolitan 
Police Area has grown to this alarming e.xtent. 
1005 Killed .. .. 1J2 Injured .. 11,688 
Kjio „ .. .. 388 ,, .. i7,5()o 
1915 „ .. -.847 ., •• 26,487 
These Ijgures alone demand that provision should be 
made, and made at an early date, to deal comprehensively 
with the traffic problem. 
Prior to the war, the urgency of the problem was 
recognised on all sides, and in I'jiJ, Nery strong repre- 
sentations were made to Mr. Asquith and the Local (io\ern- 
ment Board tliat steps should be taken to j^iit into execu- 
tion the excellent road schemes suggested by the London 
Traffic Branch of the Board of Trade. In November, 
i()i.5, Mr. John Bums called a Conference of the 135 Local 
Authorities in (ireater London, and of various societies 
and professional institutions interested in the matter, 
and as a consequence six sectional conferences were 
formed to deal in detail with the various proposals. The 
reports of the conferences which have been published 
from time to time are unanimous in their approval of 
the proposed new roads, many of which they regard as 
inuuediately necessary. 
The whole of these " necessary roads " have been 
III.— ProDoscJ New Koads 
