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£4,796 IIS. 2d. After allowing for sales of surplus land and old
buildings, the nett cost of the widening was £4,494 18s. 2d., and
the Council has in hand a narrow strip of land adjoining 138,
High Street, Wandsworth. The total gross estimated cost of the
improvement was £4,850, without taking recoupments into
account. When the improvement was first arranged the London
County Council promised to contribute one-third of the nett cost,
the contribution not to exceed £1,617 As above mentioned, the
County Council has now promised to increase its contribution to
two-thirds of the cost.
82. By arrangement with the London County Council a
widening of Putney Bridge Road is being effected at the corner
of Brewhouse Lane, at an estimated cost of £300. The Borough
Council agreed to contribute one-third of the cost, subject to the
contribution not exceeding £100.
High Street,
Wandsworth.
83. The Borough Council agreed to contribute one-third of
the ultimate nett cost of the widening by the
London County Council of High Street, Wandsworth,
at Nos. 22 and 24.
High street,
Putney, and
Lacy Road
Widening.
84. The widening of the public way at the corner of High
Street, Putney, and Lacy Road, has been completed
at a total cost of £2,689 15s. 2d. The estimated
cost of the improvement was £2,775. The London
County Council contributed one-half (£375) the cost of the widening
in High Street.
Lacy Road,
Putney,
Widening.
85. In connection with the re-building of premises known as
Grove Cottage, Lacy Road, Putney, arrangements
were made with the owners for a widening of
the public way there, at an estimated cost of £145 15s.
Charlwood
Road
Widening.
86. The Council regrets that it has not been found possible to
secure a widening of Charlwood Road, Putney, in
front of the County Council school recently erected
at the corner of Hotham Road, referred to in last year's report
(p. 58, par. 94), the condition imposed by the County Council that
the Borough Council should bear the expense of erecting a new
boundary wall to the school, in addition to the cost of the paving
works, being one to which the Borough Council could not agree.