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ONE-WAY STREETS

At the Watch Committee meeting of Plymouth City Council on December 13th 1933, it was:

'Resolved and ordered in pursuance of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, that the followong routes be observed by all carts, carriages, and horses in the following streets;viz. :-

George Street, Plymouth
From Bank of England Place to Bedford Street, excluding exit from Hick's Lane;

Old Town Street
From Old Town Avenue to Tavistock Road;

Saltash Street
From Old Town Street to Duke Street;

Tavistock Road
From Park Stret to Ebrington Street;

Hyde Park Corner
By-pass road from Mutley Plain to Hyde Park Road;

Bath Street
From Millbay Road to Union Street;

King Street, Morice Square (West and North sides)
From Fore Street to Marllborough Street;

Marlborough Street
From Marlborough Row to Fore Street;

Ferry Road
From west end of Labour Exchange to Ferry Entrance;

Pottery Road
From Ferry Entrance to John Street;

Athenaeum Place
From Lockyer Street to George Street;

Manor Street
From King Street to Alice Street.

A request that York Street shouldbe made one-way was passed to the Traffic Sub-Committee for consideration.

Thus Plymouth's first one-way streets came in to operation early in 1934.

 

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