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The following are particulars of the additional areas laid with improved surfacing during the year:-
1. Tarring and sanding
2. 21″ granolithic paving slabs laid on footways
3. Substitution of granite setts for macadam or concrete
4. Substitution of asphaltic sand-carpeting laid on concrete for ordinary macadam
5. Substitution of tar macadam for ordinary macadam
Square Yards.
36,420
7,436
58
43,150
2,130
Estimates $125,000.00
Expenditure $124,148.03
42. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges Outside City. Improvements to Roads and Bridges Outside City. Approximately 90 miles of roads.--The road surfaces were maintained in a satisfactory condition.
Additional parapet walls were erected at dangerous points on Pokfulam Road. A portion of Coombe Road was widened to admit of motor traffic.
A large amount of concrete channelling, surfacing scavenging lanes and reconditioning of road-surfacing were carried out at Tai Hang, Sai Wan Ho, Shaukiwan and Barker Road.
The following are particulars of the improved surfacing introduced on a number of roads in addition to those mentioned in previous reports:
(1). Tarring and sanding
(2). "21″ granolithic paving slabs laid on footways
(3). Substitution of tar macadam for ordinary macadam
Square yards.
15,211
764
7,200
Estimates $136,000.00
Expenditure $116,016.70