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PARISH OF PUTNEY.
An improvement has been effected in Ruvigny Gardens
by the pulling down of White House, the forecourt Avails
of the new houses having been set back so as to widen the
road to 40 feet. The roadway has been reformed and made
up, and a footpath formed, kerbed, and paved with gravel.
The forecourt wall fronting the Lower Richmond Road has
also been set back, and a new footpath formed, kerbed, and
paved with York stone. The cost of altering the contour
of the road and forming and paving the footpaths amounted
to £107 9s. 6d.
An improvement has been effected in Upper Richmond
Road on the site of Park Lodge, which has been pulled
down, and the estate developed for building. The
forecourt line has been set back, and the footpath
reformed, kerbed, and paved with asphalte, and the
contour of the road altered accordingly. A paved crossing
and refuge have been formed at the junction of a
new road (Gwendolen Avenue) at this point, and a lamp
erected on the refuge. The cost of carrying out this
improvement, including £50 paid to the freeholders in
consideration of the strip of land thrown into the public
way, was £289 18s. 5d.
In Lower Richmond Road in connection with the development
of the White Lodge Estate, the boundary line
has been set back 20 feet from the centre of the road on
the south side, and a footpath and crossing formed and
paved at a cost of £151 16s. 4d. The boundary fence of
the same estate in Worple Way has been set back and a
portion of the adjoining land thrown into the public way,
the old fence being removed and a new one erected by the
Board at a cost of £6 12s, 1d.
An improvement has been effected in the Lower Richmond
Road, at the corner of Ashlone Road, by the owner