271. Further important schemes undertaken during the year included the reconstruction of a major portion of the 100'-0" wide Yen Chow Street, Canton Road in front of the King George V Playground and Police Quarters, Yim Po Fong Street between Argyle Street and Waterloo Road in conjunction with the construction of the Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre, part of Prince Edward Road, part of Wuhu Street and the junction of the Taipo, Sha Tau Kok and Sheung Shui Roads in the New Territories.
New Roads
272. Further development of private housing estates necessitated the construction, at the expense of the property owners, of approximately two miles of new roads which, on completion, became public. The normal specification used for this type of road was 3" hardcore foundation, 4" thickness of 1$\frac{1}{2}$" bituminous macadam and a 1" wearing coat of $\frac{3}{4}$" bituminous macadam. Sites on which work was undertaken included the Yau Yat Chuen Development Co. Ltd.'s Estate off Boundary Street in Kowloon, Shek Wu Hui Village, New Territories, the former A.P.C. Property at North Point, the former Jardine Matheson Property at East Point and Jardine's Lookout development above Tai Hang Road.
273. A new 12'-0" wide road, 800 ft. long with a maximum gradient of 1 in 6 was constructed along the side of Reservoir Hill in Kowloon to provide access to the Radio-Sonde Station. The embankment for this road was mostly about 30'-0" high with a slope length of 80'-0" and was formed by cutting terraces in the hillside and then depositing earth filling in layers which were well consolidated with power rammers.
274. One and a half miles of new access roads were constructed in connexion with the development of Resettlement Areas in Hong Kong and Kowloon at Chai Wan, Homantin, King's Park and Ngau Tau Kok Administration Hill.
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