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Bridge over
Hailway, High
Street, Putney.
69. The London and South-Western Railway Company having
stated their intention to reconstruct at an early
date a section of the bridge carrying High Street,
Putney, over the railway, a scheme has been prepared by the
Company's Engineer in collaboration with the Engineer to the Metropolitan
Water Board and the Borough Engineer for widening the
bridge and for placing the Water Board's mains under the public
way in lieu of their being carried alongside the bridge as at present.
The Borough Council is now in communication with the Road
Board, the London County Council, and the Railway Company with
the view of those bodies contributing towards the cost of the
proposed works.
Upper Richmond
Road
Improvement.
70. The Barnes Urban District Council and the London County
Council having considered the Borough Council's
suggestion as to the improvement of Upper Rich-
mond road, putney, at the County boundary near Priests' Bridge,
agreed to support an application to the Road Board in favour of
the scheme, but were not prepared to make any contribution towards
the cost. As these authorities declined to give the proposal their
financial support, the Borough Council did not feel justified in
proceeding further with the matter.
71. The part of Upper Richmond Road, between Priory Lane
and the County boundary at Priests' Bridge, has since been paved
with the following materials as an experiment, viz.:—(a) Cormastik
road material; (b) Durax armouring, part Enderby and part
Norway granite; and (c) granite macadam with Plascom binding
material.
Putney Heath
Widening
72. With the consent of the Wimbledon and Putney Commons
Conservators, the Council has effected an improvement
by rounding off the corner of Putney Heath
at the junction of the southern side of Putney Heath North with
the eastern side of the road leading from Putney Park Lane to the
Old Portsmouth Road.
Mitcham Road
"Widening.
73. The surplus land at Xos. 22 to 38, Mitcham Road, Tooting,
acquired in connection with the widening of the
public way there, has been sold by the Borough