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Introduction Conservation Areas Map Street Types Map Character Areas Map Existing Street Furniture New Street Furniture Lighting Heritage Lighting Street Lighting Bollards Seating Conservation Areas Other Areas Litter Bins Conservation Areas Other Areas Guard Rail Bicycle Stand TLRN Bicycle Stand Waste Containers Commercial Waste Bins Recycle Bins/Bottle Banks Parking Meter Pay and Display Telephone Boxes Advertising Drum Conservation Areas Other Areas Advertising Panel Information Post System Street Name Plates Bus Stop Shelter Conservation Areas Other Areas Traffic Signs Communication and Traffic Control Boxes Tree Details Historic Features Vehicle Control Barriers CCTV

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introduction
This Street Furniture Directory forms a supplement to the Street Design Guide and should be used in conjunction with the guidelines and principles set out in that document. The product information sheets illustrate the items of street furniture to be used within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Included within the information sheets are examples of the use of street furniture that should be considered when specifying any respective item. Reference should be made to the Design Guide and Street Type Palettes which have been devised for: ~ ~ ~ ~ TLRN and Principal Routes; Local Distributor Roads; Access Roads; Pedestrian Routes.

The Borough has been divided into two broad areas; Conservation Areas and Other Areas to which the furniture choice responds. For example, in Conservation Areas a classic seat has been chosen, whereas for Other Areas a more modern and contemporary seat was selected. To assist in the street furniture specification, a number of diagramatic plans have been devised to help with the classification of individual streets. These are detailed in greater depth in the Design Guide. For information, they are also detailed on the following pages and should be read as follows: ~ Define whether the street falls in a Conservation or other area Refer to Map 1 - Conservation Areas ~ Determine the street type Refer to Map 2 - Street Types ~ Consider any Character related issues Refer to Map 3 Character Areas and the Design Guide for specific matters. The Maps detailing the conservation areas, street types and character areas follow.

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map 1 ~ conservation areas

Related Design Actions

Paving
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Any historic paving materials and patterns shall be retained. New schemes shall reproduce details that match historic paving. Infill/recessed service covers shall be used in Conservation Areas.

Gas lamp reproductions shall be used in small scale streets where they exist at present, or in Conservation Areas.

Existing historic street furniture shall be retained and maintained. A specialist approach to Conservation and other key areas may be deemed appropriate where only historic furniture should be used, or a bespoke design achieves localised identity. Information kiosks/automatic public toilets shall be the black drum style.

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Aldgate & Cityside Bethnal Green & Stepney Wapping, Limehouse & Westferry Canalside & Parkside Bow Poplar Docklands Millwall

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Existing Core Street Furniture
The images illustrate some of the existing bollards, litter bins and guardrails which should be matched where possible.

new street furniture

New street furniture should only be installed if absolutely necessary, with a new development, or as part of a traffic management improvement. It must be placed with a sensitivity to visual order. New furniture shall be limited in style variation, must have a design that will age gracefully, and must be durable and robust. Ornamentation shall be limited and appropriate. The three main elements of street furniture shall be specified as follows: Bollards The Warminster square base, pictured above is the preferred bollard style to be used borough-wide. The three alternative styles, Doric, Ennismore and City bollards should only be used where they have previously been installed.

Ennismore

City

Doric

Warminster Square Base

1220

920

960

350

390

135

300

170

170

140

400

1065

260

Warminster Square Base

Doric

Ennismore

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Litter Bins The style of litterbins should be used as indicated opposite with reference to Conservation Areas.

Guard Rails The use of guard rails shall be limited to visi-rail or equivalent. The use of different posttop mounted finials is permitted, but should match existing styles where necessary.

Conservation Areas Litter Bins

Other Areas

Guard Rails

Historic Street Furniture

Opportunities exist within the Borough to recast traditional style bollards where these exist within Conservation Areas. This approach has been adopted in the Streets for All Design Guide (Pg. 23). Recasting existing historic street furniture reinforces the local distinctiveness of an area.

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heritage lighting
Description Materials Colour Supplier/Manufacturer Reproduction gas lamp Mild steel and cast iron Black DW Windsor Ltd Marsh Lane Ware Hertfordshire SG12 9QL Tel: 01992 474 600 Fax: 01992 474 601 www.info@dw.windsor.co.uk Contact: Tower Hamlets Highways Management 020 7364 6819 for the most up to date requirements 417 frog mounted 100 Back of footway

Reference

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Windsor Street Lantern with DW Windsor Oxford column

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street lighting
The specification for street lighting on non-major traffic routes outside of conservation areas is: Street Lighting Column 6 metre mounting height Corus Poplar type (or similar approved) with webbed bracket arm (five degrees uplift) Corus Contact telephone number: 0800 008 400 Street Lighting Lantern Phillips GGS 203 Normal bowl (non-CCTV areas) Flat glass screen (CCTV areas) Lamp 70 watt or 100 watt SON/T

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Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Bollard Cast Iron/Aluminium Gloss black (gold detail for graphics) Slim version/service housing Furnitubes International Limited Seager Buildings Brookmill Road London SE8 4JT Tel: 020 8694 9333 Fax: 020 8694 8315 e-mail: mail@furnitubes.co.uk website: www.furnitubes.co.uk To order 90 - 120 50 Bollards should be aligned at most 450mm from the kerb. However, the position should relate to existing street furniture (in alignment and spacing). Preferred Bollard, Warminster Square Base
1220 1065

Contact for water supply housing: Thames Water Subterra (Barry Ward) St Michaels Road Cricklewood London NW2 6XD Tel: 020 8509 5569

Reference Cost Installation Positioning

920

960

350

390

135

300

170

170

140

400

Specific Design Considerations

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Warminster Square Base

Doric

Ennismore

City

Bollards with an access door for electrical supply or water supply should be painted black to blend with the surrounding street furniture

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Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Seat Cast Iron and Iroko timber slates Black Bench/perch Furnitubes International Limited Seager Buildings Brookmill Road London SE8 4JT Tel: 020 8378 3200 Fax: 020 8378 3250 e-mail: mail@furnitubes.co.uk website: www.furnitubes.co.uk Palace, Classic, New Forest Seat Seats 510 & 515, Bench 510, Perch 250 100 Wash down and clean every year reseal wood every 3 years and paint base every 3 years At back of footpath with open space. Feet are to be predrilled to allow fixing to path/footway.

Ollerton Samlesbury Bottoms Preston Lancashire, PR5 0RN Tel: 01254 852127/854121 Fax: 01254 854383 e-mail: sales@ollerton.u-net.com

Reference Cost Installation Maintenance

Positioning

Seat

Bench

Seat

Perch

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Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Seating for Other Areas Mild steel - hot dipped galvanised Black Black base/wooden slats/benchseat/stainless steel Ollerton Samlesbury Bottoms Preston Lancashire, PR5 0RN Tel: 01254 852127/854121 Fax: 01254 854383 e-mail: sales@ollerton.u-net.com website: www.ollerton.u-net.com Festival Seat 411, Bench 360, Curved bench POA 58 for arm rests per seat 100 Wash down every 3 months. Paint every 3 years Seating should be located in activity areas such as squares to prevent cluttering the footway and away from the effects of traffic. At least 1.8m width shoulds be left unobstructed around benches, to allow for the movement of wheelchairs, prams etc. Seat

Reference Cost Installation Maintenance Positioning

Curved bench

Bench

Liaise with London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Landscape, Planning or Conservation Departments, to determine most appropriate choice and location of seating.

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litter bin : conservation areas

Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer 85 litre free standing litter bin Polyethylene/cast iron Black (gold detail for graphics) Available with ashtray fitting Broxap & Corby Limited Rowhurst Industrial Estate Chesterton Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire ST5 5BD Tel: 01782 564 411 Fax: 01782 565 357 email: sales@broxap.co.uk website: www.broxap.co.uk Adaptation of BX15 4549 - BX2319 200 - 518 25 Wash down every year Align with existing items of street furniture such as bollards, lamps, guardrails. Position close to the edge of the footway to aid emptying into collection vehicle. Furnitubes International Limited Seager Buildings Brookmill Road London SE8 4JT Tel: 020 8694 9333 Fax: 020 8694 8315 e-mail: mail@furnitubes.co.uk website: www.furnitubes.co.uk

Reference Cost Installation Maintenance Positioning

1100

Dimension 85 litre

500

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Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer 85 litre free standing litter bin Polyethylene Black (gold detail for graphics) Available with ashtray fitting Broxap & Corby Limited Rowhurst Industrial Estate Chesterton Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire ST5 5BD Tel: 01782 564 411 Fax: 01782 565 357 email: sales@broxap.co.uk website: www.broxap.co.uk Adaptation of BX15 4549 200 25 Wash down every year Align with existing items of street furniture such as bollards, lamps, guardrails. Position close to the edge of the footway to aid emptying into collection vehicle. Furnitubes International Limited Seager Buildings Brookmill Road London SE8 4JT Tel: 020 8694 9333 Fax: 020 8694 8315 e-mail: mail@furnitubes.co.uk website: www.furnitubes.co.uk

Reference Cost Installation Maintenance Positioning

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guard rail
Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Guard rail Welded Reinforced Steel Black High visibility panel Furnitubes International Ltd Seager Buildings Brookmill Road London SE8 4JT Tel: 020 8 694 9333 Fax: 020 8 694 8315 e-mail mail@furnitubes.co.uk Adaptation of Linx 300 100 per post, 100 per 2m panel Wash every six months, repaint every three years Set back 450mm from the roadside kerb face. Wherever possible remove or reduce guard rails to a minimum.

Reference Cost Maintenance Positioning

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bicycle stand
Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Oval lean-to stand Steel Black Root mounted or moveable base plate Broxap & Corby Limited Rowhurst Industrial Estate, Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire ST5 5BD Tel: 01782 564 411 Fax: 01782 565 357 email: sales@broxap.co.uk website: www.broxap.co.uk Not manufactured, custom designed, adaption of BX13 100-10 75 Wash down and clean every year, repaint every 3 years Set back from pedestrian thoroughfare. Locate in visible position.

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Bicycle stands should be located at transport interchanges and near shopping areas

1200/1500

800/900

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TLRN bicycle stand

Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Bicycle Stand with reflective strips Polyurethane cast over a steel core Black Root mounted The Great British Bollard Company PO Box 6 35 -37 Clive Street North Shields NE29 6LY Tel: 0191 259 0000 Fax: 0191 257 8627 Email: enquiries@gbbc.co.uk Web Site: www.g-b-b-c.com Red Route Cycle Rack 130 75 350 - 375 Wash down and clean every year Set back from pedestrian thoroughfare. Locate in visible position.

Reference Cost Installation Tooling charge (for one off graphics to reflective strip) Maintenance Positioning

Bicycle stands with reflective strips and white signage panels would aid the visually impaired Bicycle stands should be located at transport interchanges and near shopping areas

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waste containers : commercial waste bins

Description Materials Colour Supplier/Manufacturer Commercial waste bin High density polyethylene Black with colour graphic Plastic Omnium Urban Systems Ltd Plastic Omnium House Tweedale Industrial Estate Madeley Telford Shropshire TF7 4JR Tel: 01952 582583 Fax: 01952 586453 Schaefer 83/84 Livingstone Road Walworth Industrial Estate Andover Hampshire SP10 5QZ Tel: 01264 386600 Fax: 01264 386655 e-mail: solutions@ssi-schaefer.co.uk

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Contact: Tower Hamlets Commercial Waste Service Streetline 020 7364 3364 400 20 Wash down and clean every six months Back of footpath or in corral, maximum 4 in a row

Cost Installation Maintenance Positioning

Commercial premises shall use Tower Hamlets bins where located on public highway Other appropriate methods of integration will be encouraged

Illustration showing lockable Corral

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waste containers : recycle bins/bottle banks

Description Materials Colour Supplier/Manufacturer Wheelie bin recycle containers High density polyethylene Black base and lid with colour graphic to display bins/banks contents Egbert H Taylor Company Limited Oak Park Ryelands Lane Elmley Lovett Worcestershire WR9 0QZ Tel: 01299 251333 Fax: 01299 254142 e-mail: custserv@taylor-ch.co.uk Britannia Plant & Engineering Ltd Bidder Street Canning Town London E16 4SA Tel: 020 7511 5888 Fax: 020 7473 5999

Reference Cost Installation Maintenance Positioning

Contact: Tower Hamlets Recycling (Tel: 020 7364 6689) 300 20 Wash down and clean every six months Back of footpath

Corrals with lockable gates should be used to prevent theft Textured metal antiflyposter material should be used as infill to ends of the Corrals

Whilst recycling centres should be easily identifiable, they should be positioned with regard to the wider street environment Developers should consider the use of recycling centres within residential developments to: improve their effectiveness; reduce the number of street based centres; reduce the amount of damaged and graffitied units Should be located on footways over 4m wide Black PVC bins are used with an emphasis on the use of graphics and minimising text. Colour symbols for use guidance Anti-flyposter textured metal surface

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parking meter : pay & display

Description Materials Colour Supplier/Manufacturer Pay and display parking meters Welded Reinforced Steel Black Metric Group Ltd Metric House, Love Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1YG Tel: 01285 651 441 Fax: 01285 655 216 website: www.metricgroup.co.uk Accent/Stelio 2000 - 2600 200 Wash every six months, repaint every three years Back of the pavement Schlumberger Solutions Municipalities Ferndown Industrial Estate Wimborne Dorset BH21 7PP Tel: 01202 850925 Fax: 01202 850903

Reference Cost Installation Maintenance

Positioning

Pay and display machines should be black in colour with wide podium bases for the visually impared

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telephone boxes

Telephone boxes should generally be located to the back of the footpath and not in close proximity to telephone boxes of different design. A proportion of telephone boxes should be accessible to people with disabilities.

CONSERVATION AREAS

BT: K6 for Conservation areas

Other telephone companies

OTHER AREAS - can use own boxes but must be in black instead of grey finish

BT: Kx100s for other areas

RECOMMENDATION I A variety of different telephone kiosks detract from the streetscene. Their colour and location should be coordinated with reference to layout of the street, in order to avoid visual clutter.

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advertising drum : conservation areas

Description Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Contract supplied kiosk Black with gold highlight Kiosk/Automatic Public Toilet JC Decaux 991 Great West Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 9DN Tel: 020 8326 7777 Fax: 020 8326 7775 www.JCDecaux.com Wash down every six months Should be appropriately located in peoples destination areas, where footways exceed 4 metres in width

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advertising drum : other areas

Description Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Contract supplied aluminium kiosk Black Kiosk. Automatic Public Toilet (APT) JC Decaux 991 Great West Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 9DN Tel: 020 8326 7777 Fax: 020 8326 7775 www.JCDecaux.com Wash down every six months. Should be appropriately located in peoples destination areas, where footways exceed 4 metres in width

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advertising panel
Description Colour Supplier/Manufacturer Contract supplied advertising panel Black JC Decaux 991 Great West Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 9DN Tel: 020 8326 7777 Fax: 020 8326 7775 www.JCDecaux.com Forum Council Wash down every 6 months Should be located on footways over 4 metres wide, at 90 to the roadway. Where footways do not exceed 4 metres in width locate parallel to roadway.

Reference Maintenance Positioning

Avoid the use of advertising panels with narrow bases, as these are hazardous to the visually impaired

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information post system

Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Modem pillar sign with ribbed base Glass reinforced plastic and coated aluminium Black Litter bin/poster box Pryor Sign Field View Brinsworth Lane Brinsworth Rotherham S60 5DG Tel: 01709 839 559 Fax: 01709 837 659 Leicester Square sign board 4000 200 25 Wash down and clean every month, recoating every 5 years Locate adjacent to main throughfares, avoid creating an obstruction

Reference Cost Installation Estimated annual maintenance Maintenance

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street name plates

black band red in colour lettering to be of similar font and proportions Goudy Old Style Bold red in colour (post code lettering only)

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No advertising on street name plates Street name plates should be consistent throughout the Borough. The post code should be red in colour, with the lettering to be of similar font and proportions Avoid over use of street plates to reduce street clutter Fix name plates to walls where they are more visually accessible Historic name plates to be refurbished and reproduced to avoid use of several nameplate styles

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bus stop shelter : conservation areas

Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Black Insignia Adshel More Group UK Ltd 33 Golden Square London W1R 3PA Tel: 0207 287 6100 Fax: 0207 434 4530 website: www.adshel.com Insignia Wash down every 6 months Back of footway JC Decaux 991 Great West Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 9DN Tel: 020 8326 7777 Fax: 020 8326 7775 website: www.JCDecaux.com

Reference Maintenance Positioning

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Bus stop shelters should be positioned so that the advertising panels are parallel to the road (other than on very wide streets) so as not to block field of vision along the street The City Heritage Cantilever bus shelter reduces the amount of available advertisement space, thereby minimising visual clutter in a conservation area or within the setting of a listed building.

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bus stop shelter : other areas

Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Black Sigma Adshel More Group UK Ltd 33 Golden Square London W1R 3PA Tel: 0207 276 6100 Fax: 0207 434 4530 website: www.adshel.com Sigma Wash down every 6 months Back of footway where possible JC Decaux 991 Great West Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 9DN Tel: 020 8326 7777 Fax: 020 8326 7775 website: www.JCDecaux.com

Reference Maintenance Positioning

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traffic signs

Sign poles, sign backs and lamp fittings should all be painted black

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Low level parking signs should be considered to reduce clutter

Sign lights should also be black and care taken to mount them horizontally

Framed signs should be used in sensitive sections or Conservation Areas

Signs should be mounted at the top of poles without post tops showing

Where the sign is required to be illuminated external light units (rather than internal illumination) are to be used.


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communication & traffic control boxes

Description Materials Colour Options Supplier/Manufacturer Anti-fly Poster Communication and Traffic Control Boxes Aluminium LM25 Black To customers design Furnitubes International Limited Seager Buildings Brookmill Road London SE8 4JT Tel: 020 8694 9333 Fax: 020 8694 8315 e-mail: mail@furnitubes.co.uk website: www.furnitubes.co.uk TCSU Anti-fly poster 200-400 to produce pattern, 20-50 per casting Need castings to be fixed on boxes when installed by utilities. Need co-operation from utility companies, as fixing castings with adhesive is difficult Suitable for all locations All forms of street furniture

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Positioning Complimentary Design

Fly posting on street furniture detracts from the streetscene antifly devices should be considered where possible

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tree details

Trees are a welcome addition to the Tower Hamlets streetscape. They should be used with care though, mainly in squares and on wider streets to the east of the Borough.

Arbour Square

Typical tree pits for new trees

single staked bredon gravel 100 x 100 x 150 cropped granite sett in C10 concrete
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Large corner setts to the tree pit and a simple robust pattern. Other tree pit designs for special areas eg. pedestrianised areas, should use granite setts similarly.

750 root guard

Section
1500 for new heavy standard trees

1m x 1m x 1m topsoil

100 x 100 x 150 granite sett hoggin surfacing

Plan

Same surface detail for existing mature trees - min 2.5m x 2.5m

Raised planters are not appropriate for use in the public highway. They are not a traditional streetscape solution and because they are subject to drying out they often cannot fulfill their purpose.

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historic features

Historic features help to reinforce the local character and distinctiveness to the townscape. They are symbolic of an era past and where possible should be retained and restored.

Victorian mile post at Bow Road

Boundary stone at Ben Johnson Road

Cannon bollard at Artillery Lane

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vehicle control barriers

Vehicle control barriers should respect the historical context of the townscape. They should be used as part of wider traffic management solutions.

Care to be taken to ensure their placement does not hinder accessibility for those with disabilities.

cctv
Installation of additional CCTV cameras, should be carried out as part of a wider strategy. A co-ordinated framework of CCTV monitoring is currently under review. Any new proposals for CCTV, should be carried out in close liaison with London Borough of Tower Hamlets Street Services. Design Guidelines
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Obtain wayleaves to use building parapets for camera mounting where possible Cameras mounted high on buildings are preferable to low positions

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