§ MR. W. GORDON (for Sir CHARLES RUSSELL)asked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether he is in a position to state the nature of the Government proposals to relieve the pressure ef traffic Between Hamilton Place and Grosvenor Place; and, if the plans for carrying out this object can be shown before the close of the Session?
LORD HENRY LENNOXSir, I have decided what I think will be the best means of relieving the traffic. The plan, which it will be my duty to submit, and which I hope may meet with the approval of Parliament, is designed to divert a large part of the traffic by making a road across the Park from Hamilton Place to Grosvenor Place. This road will be 700 feet long, and GO feet wide, and will be made with the easy gradient of 1 in 60, passing under Constitution Hill by means of a bridge; that bridge will be 16 feet high over the proposed road, that being the height prescribed for railways when passing over a road. The alteration in the gradient of the proposed bridge, as regards Constitution Hill, will be scarcely perceptible. By permission of the Serjeant-at-Arms, the model will be placed in one of the Committee Rooms to-morrow; and as many hon. Members may be leaving London, I have placed in the library to-day the plan from which the model was made.
SIR JAMES HOGGsaid, he should like to know from the noble Lord whether it was likely the work would commence early in the Autumn, so as to remove the inconvenience as soon as possible?
LORD HENRY LENNOXsaid, that as the Question involved an expenditure of public money, he could not give the hon. Gentleman any promise, without 1148 the concurrence of his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He could, however, assure him that they would be commenced as soon as possible.