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think any good purpose would be served by the preparation of an
estimate for a 60 ft. road, as the cost would be prohibitive, owing to
the large number of buildings affected, and the County Council was
reminded that the Borough Council's application for a contribution
related only to the widening of the road between Biggs' Row and
Rotherwood Road, the estimated cost of which was £5,830. The
County Council has not yet come to a decision upon the Borough
Council's application.
105. When the Act authorising the London County Council to
construct a tramway from Hammersmith, via Fulham Palace Road,
to a point in Lower Richmond Road near the junction of that road
with the approach to Putney Bridge, was before Parliament, the
Borough Council secured the insertion of a clause providing for the
widening of the part of Lower Richmond Road where a tramway
would be laid. The whole of the cost of this widening will be payable
by the County Council. The County Council having recently had
under consideration the details of the scheme, pointed out that it
would be very inconvenient to arrange the levels of the road
satisfactorily were the widening carried into effect in accordance
with the plan approved by the Borough Council when the Act was
passed, and submitted a modified plan by which no interference with
the abutments ( f Putney Bridge would be involved, and the facilities
provided for the general and tramway traffic in Lower Richmond Road
would be fully as satisfactory as those which would have been secured
by the adoption of the original scheme of widening. In reply, the
County Council was informed that the Borough Council would be
prepared to approve the amended plan of the widening upon the
County Council providing, to the satisfaction of the Borough Council,
a site for an underground sanitary convenience at or near the approach
to Putney Bridge, should the Borough Council desire to construct a
convenience there. This proposal is now under the consideration of
the County Council.
"Widening at
corner of
Upper Richmond
Road
and Putney
Hill.
106. The negotiations which were commenced in August of last
year for the acquisition of the property required for
widening the public way at the corner of Upper
Richmond Road and Putney Hill in connection with
the erection of a new bank there, have now been
brought' to a satisfactory conclusion. The total estimated cost of the
improvement is £4,690. This corner is at present highly dangerous