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PARISH OF PUTNEY.
Lower Richmond
Road
Improvement.
This improvement has been completed during
the year, a widening having been effected
from the embankment, opposite the draw-dock,
to Bemish Road, a length of about 700 feet. The road
varied in width, the average being about 20 feet, and the
widened portion is now 45 feet. The total cost, including
purchase of properties, fencing, and making up road, was
£11,078 2s. 1d.
Upper Richmond
Road
Improvement,
No. 1.
This is a widening on the south side of the
road, between Ravenna Road and the police
station, a length of about 300 feet. The
old properties have been pulled down and a fence erected
at the new line of frontage. The forecourt of the Union
Church has also been set back, and the paving works
completed. The total cost of the improvement was
£4,744 5s. 8d.
Upper Richmond
Road
Improvement
No. 2.
By this improvement at Mr. Marshall's premises,
a portion of the site of his office, about
19-feet frontage by 6-feet, and a triangular
portion of the forecourt, a total area of about 22 super.
yards, was thrown into the street, at a total cost of
£1,339 4s. 10d. The offer of the Board not having been
accepted, the amount of compensation was settled by a
jury under Michael Angelo Taylor's Act.
worple Road. This is a scheme for widening the road from
Charlwood Road, opposite the National
Schools, to Salvin Road, a length of about 350 feet.
The road averaged about 12 feet in width, and when the
whole improvement is effected it will be 40 feet wide
throughout. The old buildings opposite the National
Schools have been pulled down and a new building
erected at the altered line of frontage.