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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT
At the Kowloon Quarry special dust-extraction plant was fitted to prevent nuisance to surrounding property and to protect the health of the quarry employees. If this proves satisfactory, similar plant will be installed at Mount Butler. These two quarries produced a total of 180,000 tons of crushed stone and 65,000 tons of bituminous macadam.
Also at Mount Butler, quarters were built for 200 of the quarry employees and their families; the first large-scale provision of quarters for any Public Works Department staff. The Medical Department also provided a clinic for the quarry staff and their dependants, and two shops were let on permit to make the development as self-contained as possible.
The quantity of day-to-day work during 1957 - made advance planning difficult, but a tentative traffic plan was produced for the congested area of the City of Victoria and plans made for future road and junction improvements. An example of this type of work is the traffic roundabout com- pleted at the busy intersection of Garden Road/Magazine Gap Road/Robinson Road, a junction passed by more than 2,000 vehicles an hour at rush periods and complicated by being on a steep gradient.
The appointment of a Road Traffic Engineer to deal exclusively with road development has been approved and the advice of a specialist traffic consultant is being sought.
The increasing tempo of building development following the enactment of the new Building Ordinance in 1955 has stressed the necessity for setting back building lines for street-widening purposes. During the year $5,000,000 was voted for compensation to the owners of property affected.
Further progress was made with the provision and improvement of street lighting throughout the Colony. The greater part of the roads are now lit, with only country roads being entirely without lighting.
Several types of lighting are in use. The few remaining