Wandsworth set for multi-million pound infrastructure improvements

Residents and businesses will also benefit from the installation of 100 new bike hangars, in addition to a new accessible entrance to Wandsworth Station.

Council leader Simon Hogg said the proposed schemes of work would make life better for residents – “all while keeping council tax low”.

“Everything we do as a council must and will focus on our overriding aim to make our borough fairer, compassionate and more sustainable,” he said. “Going forward we will make sure our investment plans reflect this so that we can create the borough our residents need and deserve.”

Schemes earmarked for funding this year include £5m to resurface pavements and roads, cycle lanes, key bus stops and bus lanes, with the aim of improving safety and accessibility.This is in addition to the £3.5m rolling programme of footway and carriageway improvements.

Proposals for Totterdown Street to be pedestrianised and the area between the A24 and Blakenham Road turned into an outdoor space for the community to use have also been set out.

The council also aims to improve existing School Streets, which ban cars during drop-off and pick-up time, with infrastructure installed to make it harder for people to ignore the ban.

The council is also planning library improvements, including repairs to the roof and distinctive glass dome at Battersea Library and the refurbishment of Balham Children’s Library.

Furzedown Recreation Ground is also set to be improved, with new play equipment for children.