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Putney
Bridge
Road
widening.
for the traffic, many serious and some fatal accidents having occurred
there. Some of the property has been acquired, and the Council is
pressing forward the arrangements with the Bank for an exchange of
land, in order that the improvement may be effected with as little
delay as possible. The London County Council has been asked to
contribute two-thirds of the cost of the widening.
107. Nearly all the property required for continuing the widening
of Putney Bridge Road from Wandsworth Park southward
to the London and South Western Railway Bridge
has now been purchased. Steps are being taken for the
compulsory acquisition of the remainder. The fences on the western
side of the road have been set back and the paving works there completed.
The total estimated cost of this improvement, including the
land acquired from the Railway Company, is £1,700.
108. The Council has approved a plan for the continuation to the
Convent grounds of the widening recently effected in Putney Bridge
Road at its junction with High Street, Wandsworth. Some of the
property required has been purchased, but the prices asked for the
remainder being considered prohibitive, the Council has decided not
to proceed with their acquisition at present. The total estimated cost
of the widening is £6,250.
109. The London County Council has been asked to contribute
towards the cost of both the above-mentioned improvements, but has
not yet come to a decision in the matter.
High Street,
Wandsworth,
Improvement
110. The Council having purchased on favourable terms the four
houses with shops adjoining the Wandsworth Town
Hall on the east, a scheme for widening that part of
High Street, Wandsworth to about 58 ft. has been approved. The
total estimated cost of the improvement is £2,053. The Borough
Council has asked the London County Council to contribute two-thirds
of the cost, and has offered to consent to the construction of a tramway
in the part of the road to be widened. The land not required for the
improvement will be available for the extension of the office accommodation
at the Town Hall.
Approach
to River at
High Street.
Wandsworth.
111. The desirability of stopping up the approach to the River
Wandle on the eastern side of the bridge at High Street,
Wandsworth, has formed the subject of negotiations
between the Borough Council, the owner of some