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9i- The widening of Putney Bridge Road between the London
and South-Western Railway bridge and a point near Fawe Park
Road was completed at a total cost of £1,847 17s. iid. The
estimated cost was £1,700. The County Council has not yet dealt
with the Borough Council's application for a contribution towards
this improvement.
High Street,
Putney,
Widening.
92. The greater part of the land required for widening High
Street, Putney, at Nos. 58 to 68 (even, inclusive)
under the agreement entered into with Brandon's
Putney Brewery, Limited, in 1903, having been thrown into the
public way and paved, the Council came to an arrangement' with
the company for the completion of the widening at Nos. 66 and 68
to be postponed for the present, and for the improvement, when
executed, to be continued in front of No. 70, High Street, to the
corner of Lacy Road.
Lower Richmond
Road
Widening.
93. The completion of this improvement in accordance with
the scheme approved by the Council is still in abeyance,
difficulties having arisen with regard to certain
property required for the widening. The matter is in the
hands of the Highways Committee, who will continue to give it
their attention.
Charlwood Road
Widening.
94. The suggested widening of Charlwood Road in connection
with the erection of a County Council School
in that road at the corner of Hotham Road, referred
to in last year's report (paragraphs 129-130), was again the subject
of correspondence between the Borough Council and the
County Council. The widening of the road to 40 feet having been
rendered impossible, except at great cost, by the London County
Council erecting the school close to the highway, a proposal was
made that sufficient land should be given up to widen the road
20 feet from the centre, the Borough Council executing the necessary
paving works. The Borough Council agreed to this modified
widening, but the County Council then proposed that the Borough
Council should also bear the cost of erecting a new boundary wall
to the school. The Borough Council decided to inform the County
Council that the question of the erection of the wall was a new
point which had not been raised before, and the Borough Council
could not entertain the suggestion, and that upon sufficient land
being given up to widen the road 20 feet from the centre in front