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most serious attention of the County Council, and that every
endeavour was being made to put in hand such works as might
be deemed most practicable and efficient with as little delay as
possible; that as regards Wandsworth the formation of four overflows
into the river Wandle for the purpose of relieving the Garratt
Lane sewer would be carried out very shortly, that the new
relief sewer from Balham High Road to Mayford Road would
also be completed in the course of a few weeks, that the Main
Drainage Committee had for some time had under consideration
the desirability of erecting a pumping station for dealing with the
storm water in the Western portion of the Borough, that the necessary
investigations were being made to enable the Committee to
submit some definite proposal to the County Council in the immediate
future, that the views which had been expressed by this
Council and other local authorities since the proposal was first
made were borne in mind and that while it was impossible at
present to state what conclusion would ultimately be arrived at
this Council might rest assured that the requirements of the district,
so far as main drainage is concerned, would not be lost sight
of; and that it was hoped that this Council would be satisfied
that the County Council was desirous of taking such action as
would prove the most efficient method for the disposal of the storm
water from the districts subject to flooding.
144.—As a result of the various representations made to the
County Council on the subject from time to time, that Council has
recently completed the construction of the above-mentioned relief
sewer at Balham and the four overflows from the Garratt Lane
sewer, and it is hoped these works will afford some measure of
relief. This Council's suggestion that a storm overflow from the
sewer in Garratt Lane should be laid across the Borough Council's
shoot at Garratt Park has not yet been adopted by the County
Council.
145.—With the view of improving the sewage accommodation
this Council has enlarged the sewers in Blackshaw Road, Tooting,
and Summerstown; and also the sewers in Merton Road and
Lavenham Road, Wandsworth, in order to divert from the Garratt
Lane sewer the sewage from a large estate which is being
developed for building purposes in the last-mentioned neighbourhood.