275. New roads were also constructed in the New Territories and included the continuation of the road around the north side of Tolo Harbour from Taipo Market to Shun Wan and a road south of Un Long into the Sap Pat Heung Valley, a distance of some 1.7 miles. These feeder roads provide vehicular access to isolated villages to open up agricultural areas and assist in the marketing of local farm produce. They are of light construction 10'-0" wide, and are provided with passing places formed by raising the level of the paddy land by earth filling. A 4" waterbound macadam was laid on a foundation of 3" to 6" hardcore and the surface sealed with bitumen and aggregate.
Miscellaneous
276. In addition to other public works the sub-department carried out works on behalf of the developers of building land who required the construction of access roads and paths on private land. In all a total of 749 separate works items were undertaken in this category.
277. The total areas of roadworks carried out by the sub-department during the year are given in the following table:
Type of Surfacing Areas in Square Yards Island Mainland Total cement concrete 9,009.48 614.12 9,623.60 cement concrete 20,741.05 121,860.78 142,601.83 cement concrete 22,480.57 36,562.04 59,042.61 granolithic concrete 51,256.28 98,415.31 149,671.59 tarmacadam 24,784.20 61,659.79 86,443.99 tarmacadam 31,530.94 18,267.94 49,798.88 dry macadam 2,907.97 77,898.18 80,806.15 dry macadam 7,133.43 1,927.27 9,060.70 2" tar tops 20,776.75 1.67 20,778.42 1" tar tops 109,545.06 427,788.30 537,333.36 Surface dressing 5,598.98 9,216.69 14,815.67 Bottoming to road surface 98.61 13,909.78 14,008.39Page 75
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