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part of Tooting Bee Road across Tooting Common between The
Avenue and the railway bridge. The part of the road in question
is very narrow, there are no proper footpaths and the ditches
bordering the road render it dangerous to traffic. Objection
having been taken by users of the horse ride on the Common
adjoining the road and others to the scheme put forward some
time ago, an amended proposal was prepared for filling in the
ditches on both sides of the part of the road in question, forming a
footpath on the northern side adjoining the horse ride, and providing
a carriageway 33 feet in width, a post and rail fence to be fixed
but no footpath formed on the southern side of the road, as there
is already one running parallel with the road on that side with
only a narrow strip of the Common intervening. It is proposed
that the work should be carried out in conjunction with the
Central (Unemployed) Body for London during next winter, the
Central Body providing the labour and the Borough Council the
materials. The total estimated cost is £2,140.
122. In response to previous applications the County Council
declined to surrender any part of the Common for the purpose of
the improvement, and the Borough Council, in January last, asked
the County Council to meet a deputation from the Borough
Council on the ground to discuss the matter. The Conference
took place on the 23rd May last, the Borough Council being
represented by the Members of the Improvements Sub-Committee
of the Highways Committee. The amended proposal was explained
by the Sub-Committee and the matter is now under the consideration
of the London County Council.
123. At the same time an application was made by the
Borough Council for permission to round off the Common at the
western corner of Tooting Bee Road and Garrads Road. The
County Council has agreed to this proposal and the work will
be carried out as soon as the necessary arrangements have been
made.
124. The widening of Clapham Park Road at its junction
Clapham Park with Park Hill has been completed. The total nett
Board Widening of the first scheme was £,,970 os. 11d.,
towards which the London County Council contributed the sum of
£492 10s. 3d. The estimated cost of this improvement was
£2,364. The total nett cost of the second widening was