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Putney Bridge
Road,
Widening.
130.—Steps are being taken with the view of paving as a new
street the part of Putney Bridge Road, Wandsworth,
between the London and South-Western Railway
bridge and the western boundary of Wandsworth Park. The
London County Council having given up the necessary land the
part of the road in front of the Park has been widened to 50 feet,
and the Borough Council is now taking steps to continue the widening
to the railway bridge. An agreement has been entered into for
the necessary land belonging to the Railway Company to be added
to the public way at an estimated cost of £1,089:19:3, and the
Council is now negotiating for the acquisition of the other property
required.
Merton Road,
Wandsworth,
Widening, and
Sanitary
Convenience.
140.—In connection with the re-building of the Park Tavern
the Council has arranged for the widening of
Merton Road in front of the premises to 54 feet, the
rounding off of the angle at the junction of Merton
Road and West Hill Road, and the construction of a
public underground sanitary convenience on the corner. The
owners of the premises have agreed to give up the necessary land
provided the Council pave the forecourt and construct the convenience.
The estimated cost of the works is as follows, viz.:—
paving forecourt, £205; paving land to be added to the public
way, £250; constructing convenience, £900; total, £1,455. The
consent of the Local Government Board to the borrowing of the
money required for the works has been obtained and the agreement
with the owners embodying the above-mentioned terms will
probably be completed shortly.
New Road at
Garratt Green.
141.—The question of the desirability of improving the means
of communication from Burntwood Lane round Garratt
Green (which is vested in the London County
Council) to Garratt Lane has continued to receive the attention of
the Borough Council. The alternative suggestions of this Council
were:—(1) That a strip of Garratt Green where it abuts upon
Aboyne Road should be thrown into the public way so as to make
that road 40 feet in width, or (2) That a new road should be
formed on the western side of the green. The County Council
at first declined to agree to either of these proposals but upon
further consideration the Parks and Open Spaces Committee of