# Housing Act 1957, Section 66: Power to construct streets in clearance areas in London


The London County Council may, on any land purchased by them in connection with a clearance area, lay out and construct and sewer such new streets and such widenings and improvements of existing streets as they think fit, and all new streets and new parts of streets so constructed by them shall, when completed, become repairable by the council of the metropolitan borough.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/56/section/66 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1957/section-66
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