- ReferenceHi/PL/4/1
- TitleA5, Watling Street, Bedfordshire Section (except Dunstable Borough) Plans, cross and longitudinal sections for the reconstruction of A5. Includes detailed survey of the exisiting carriageway with the new carriageway indicated in red. The reconstruction scheme was undertaken between 1930-1935 at a cost of £271, 374 with an 8% grant from the Ministry of Transport and was in part used as an unemployment relief scheme. Engineer: F W Smart, Bedfordshire County Surveyor Original Refs: Drawings Nos. 2-31 and 36
- Date free textcirca 1929 - 1930
- Production dateFrom: 1929 To: 1930
- Scope and ContentThis is a well documented scheme, see the following sources: * Reports of the County Surveyor, 1929 - 1935, Ref: Hi/V/160/2-3 * Correspondence with the Ministry of Transport concerning grants, 1929-1930, Ref: Hi/V/34 * Photographs, including 'before' and 'after' views, of the scheme, circa 1930-1935, Ref: Z55/5/439-494 and Z55/5/672-672
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