COLONEL A. C. EARLE-WELBY (Taunton)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether his attention has been drawn to the sharp turn vehicles have to make to enter 1646 Constitution Hill from Piccadilly; and whether he can see his way, by setting back the railings to the north of the Arch, so to curve the roadway as to abolish this sharp turn and save horses a, trying danger in slippery weather?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. A. AKERS-DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sThe width of the roadway is so great at the point mentioned by my hon. and gallant Friend that a driver is enabled to make a turn much less sharp than an ordinary rectangular turn from one street into another. I do not consider it necessary to alter the line of railings which was settled after much consideration, and to move which would entail very great expense.
§ In answer to a further Question, Mr. AKERS-DOUGLAS said the suggested alteration would entirely spoil the line of the street.