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limited to £1,120, and to the Borough Council undertaking to
give its consent to the construction of a tramway in the part of
the road proposed to be widened. The cost £75) of the property
at No. 144 High Street was defrayed and the improvement carried
out by the late District Board. The total cost of the property
at Nos. 36-42 High Street was £3,688. The value of the land to
be added to the public way has been taken as £1,688 and of the
surplus available for the Town Hall extension at £2,000. The
cost of the paving works is estimated at £290, and the total
cost of the improvement at Nos. 36-42 at£1,978.
136. The agreement referred to in last year's report with
regard to the stopping up of the approach to the
river Wandle at High Street, Wandsworth, and
the construction of a river wall alongside the public
baths, has been completed, and steps are being taken with the
view of obtaining an order for closing the approach to the river.
Approach to
River Wandle
at High Street,
Wanas worth.
137. The widening of Merton Road, Wandsworth, at the
junction of West Hill Road, has been completed
and an underground sanitary convenience constructed
there on land given to the Council by the
owners of the Park Tavern. The total estimated cost of the
scheme was £1,455- The total actual cost was£1,294 2s. 9d.
Merton Road,
Wandsworth,
Widening and
Sanitary
Convenience-
118. The proceedings for the compulsory acquisition of the
small piece of land required for the western abutment
of the new foot bridge proposed to be constructed
over the river Wandle in place of the existing
bridge on the western side of McMurray's paper mills and
for straightening the footpath leading from South Street to Merton
Road have been continued and steps are now being taken
with the view of the compensation to be paid to the owner of the
land being settled by a jury.
Footbridge
over River
Wandle near
South. Street.
139. The widening of Tooting High Street, between the
Castle Public House and Defoe Road, has been
completed. The improvement was carried out by
the Borough Council in connection with the widening of the road
for the London County Council tramways. The estimated cost
was £15,600. The actual cost has been £11,125 12s. 2d., of
which the London County Council contributes two-thirds.
Tooting
High Street
Widening.