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held at Westminster City Hall on 6th February last, when Councillors
Jackson and Plumridge, and the Town Clerk, attended as
this Council's representatives, and resolutions were passed in favour
of proprietors of mechanically-propelled vehicles in London being
brought under contribution for the repair and upkeep of roads used
by such vehicles, and of further measures being taken for the control
of motor omnibus traffic.
57. The Borough Council has since urged the Government to
introduce legislation establishing a Traffic Board for the regulation
of vehicular traffic in London, and providing for the distribution
of the proceeds of the petrol tax received from the County of London
among the Metropolitan Borough Councils as a contribution towards
the maintenance of highways
Speed Limit for
Motor Traffic.
58. At the suggestion of the Borough Council, theTondon
County Council applied to the Local Government
Board for a regulation to be made prescribing
a maximum speed not exceeeling 10 miles an hour for motor vehicles
on Putney Bridge and in High Street, Putney. The Borough
Council supported the proposal at the Local Inquiry held by the
Board recently, and the application has now been granted and the
necessary order made by the Board. The usual notices have
been fixed in the area affected.
59. Applications were also made by the London County Council
to the Local Government Board for regulations to be made reducing
the speed limit for motor traffic in the following thoroughfares in
the Borough, viz.:—
(a) Streatham High Road, from Pinfold Road to Stan-
thorpe Road.
(b) footing Bee Gardens, from Ambleside Avenue to
Streatham High Road.
(c) Clapham Common South Side, from Cavendish Road to
Balham Hill.
(d) Balham Hill, from Clapham Common to Balham High
Road.
(e) Balham High Road, from Balham Hill to Balham Park
Road.
(f) Upper Tooting Road, from Tooting Bee Road to
Tooting High Street.
(g) Tooting High Street, from Upper Tooting Road to
Tooting Graveney School.