Walton Street
Sir,—The sight of a concrete building • being erected on the corner of Walton Street and Colombo Street, hard up to the boundaries, is too much. Is the already dangerously narrow roadway never to be widened? Two cars can barely meet in it but what about the fire engine opposite? Does it have to go the long way round, or do the firemen jog and carry everything? When all the buildings on the two comer sections were demolished we thought the job of widening had begun. But no. Could the council explain how 93 people to the acre are going to have egress from Walton Street? R 4 Zoning needs a wide street.—Yours, etc., WALTON STREET LANDLORD. August 30, 1971. [The City Engineer (Mr P. G/ Scoular) replies: “The amount of widening required in Walton Street has yet to be determined. A building permit was recently issued for a retaining wall in Walton Street and this permit was subject to the condition that the wall will be removed when, the redevelopment policy for the area has- been determined.”]
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32707, 9 September 1971, Page 12
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