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Putney Bridge
Convenience.
132. In connection with the widening of the approach to
Putney Bridge from Lower Richmond Road for the
proposed electric tramways from Putney to Hammersmith,
the Borough Council arranged for a sanitary convenience
to be constructed beneath the approach. The work is now
being carried out by the London County Council, and the Local
Government Board has sanctioned the raising of a loan to defray
the cost of the convenience, which will be borne by the Borough
Council.
Lower Richmond
Road
Widening and
Woodpaving.
133. The Highways Committee have on several occasions
had before them the question of the acquisition of
property needed for the widening of Lower Richmond
Road. In view, however, of the excessive
cost which would be incurred by the Council in dealing with some
of the premises affected, the Committee did not see their way to
recommend the Council to take further action in the matter at
present. The Committee hope that a favourable opportunity will
occur shortly for completing the improvement, and the subject
will continue to receive their attention.
134. The Council has again had under consideration the subject
of the desirability of paving the carriageway of Lower Richmond
Road with wood, and on the 17th July last two deputations
from Putney attended before the Council and urged that
immediate steps should be taken with the view of the work being
carried out irrespective of any tramway or widening scheme. The
London County Council is pressing forward the alterations to the
approach to Putney Bridge required for the construction of the
authorised tramways from Hammersmith to Putney Bridge, one
of the termini of which will be at the eastern end of Lower Richmond
Road, and it appeared to the Borough Council that the
County Council may desire to extend these tramways to the county
boundary on Barnes Common. The widenings already approved,
and those which will be necessary in the event of the road becoming
a tramway route, will involve certain alterations of the levels,
and these could be effected at the least cost by carrying out the
paving works at the same time as the widening of the road.
Under these circumstances the Borough Council came to the conclusion
that it would be advisable, before definitely settling the
question of paving, to ascertain whether the London County