248. Footpaths were provided to the bridges at Jardine's Corner and on Island Road over Beach Road and South Bay Road.
Kowloon Roads
249. Laichikok Road, between Prince Edward Road and Nan Chang Street, which had deteriorated rapidly under heavy double-decker bus traffic, was completely resurfaced in concrete following the laying of the intercepting sewer along it. Its layout was changed to provide two 32-foot carriageways, each permitting parking and two lanes of moving traffic, a 4-foot central island, and two 16-foot footpaths. At first, a section of the central island was planted with hedges, but unfortunately, these were trampled down, and it was found necessary to replace them with a concrete strip surmounted by a 4-foot high chain link fence to confine pedestrians to the main crossings.
250. The access road to King's Park was extended to Waterloo Road and re-named Wylie Road. A 22-foot carriageway was provided with one 10-foot and one 5-foot footpath. This has proved hardly adequate, as it now carries extremely heavy traffic as a by-pass to Nathan Road.
251. Work was commenced on a contract for the site formation, road works, and drainage works for part of the proposed development at Kun Tong. When completed, this contract will provide over 10 acres of formed sites for housing, over one mile of road, and about 2 miles of storm water drains and sewers.
252. Over twenty side streets and minor roads were resurfaced.
253. New playgrounds in Maple Street and Willow Street were surfaced, providing nearly 3 acres of playing area, including football and basketball pitches.
254. At Kai Tak Airport, routine maintenance work was carried out, including patching the taxi tracks, hardstanding, and runways, surfacing a new area of hardstanding, and regular painting of runway markings.
New Territories Roads
255. The main work continued to be the realignment of Castle Peak Road between the 6th and 9th milestones. A section
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248. Footpaths were provided to the bridges at Jardine's Corner and on Island Road over Beach Road and South Bay Road.
Kowloon Roads
249. Laichikok Road, between Prince Edward Road and Nan Chang Street, which had deteriorated rapidly under heavy double-decker bus traffic, was completely resurfaced in concrete following the laying of the intercepting sewer along it. Its layout was changed to provide two 32-foot carriageways, each permitting parking and two lanes of moving traffic, a 4-foot central island, and two 16-foot footpaths. At first, a section of the central island was planted with hedges, but unfortunately, these were trampled down, and it was found necessary to replace them with a concrete strip surmounted by a 4-foot high chain link fence to confine pedestrians to the main crossings.
250. The access road to King's Park was extended to Waterloo Road and re-named Wylie Road. A 22-foot carriageway was provided with one 10-foot and one 5-foot footpath. This has proved hardly adequate, as it now carries extremely heavy traffic as a by-pass to Nathan Road.
251. Work was commenced on a contract for the site formation, road works, and drainage works for part of the proposed development at Kun Tong. When completed, this contract will provide over 10 acres of formed sites for housing, over one mile of road, and about 2 miles of storm water drains and sewers.
252. Over twenty side streets and minor roads were resurfaced.
253. New playgrounds in Maple Street and Willow Street were surfaced, providing nearly 3 acres of playing area, including football and basketball pitches.
254. At Kai Tak Airport, routine maintenance work was carried out, including patching the taxi tracks, hardstanding, and runways, surfacing a new area of hardstanding, and regular painting of runway markings.
New Territories Roads
255. The main work continued to be the realignment of Castle Peak Road between the 6th and 9th milestones. A section
Page 47 should be presented as248. Footpaths were provided to the bridges at Jardine's Corner and on Island Road over Beach Road and South Bay Road.
Kowloon Roads
249. Laichikok Road, between Prince Edward Road and Nan Chang Street, which had deteriorated rapidly under heavy double-decker bus traffic, was completely resurfaced in concrete following the laying of the intercepting sewer along it. Its layout was changed to provide two 32-foot carriageways, each permitting parking and two lanes of moving traffic, a 4-foot central island, and two 16-foot footpaths. At first, a section of the central island was planted with hedges, but unfortunately, these were trampled down, and it was found necessary to replace them with a concrete strip surmounted by a 4-foot high chain link fence to confine pedestrians to the main crossings.
250. The access road to King's Park was extended to Waterloo Road and re-named Wylie Road. A 22-foot carriageway was provided with one 10-foot and one 5-foot footpath. This has proved hardly adequate, as it now carries extremely heavy traffic as a by-pass to Nathan Road.
251. Work was commenced on a contract for the site formation, road works, and drainage works for part of the proposed development at Kun Tong. When completed, this contract will provide over 10 acres of formed sites for housing, over one mile of road, and about 2 miles of storm water drains and sewers.
252. Over twenty side streets and minor roads were resurfaced.
253. New playgrounds in Maple Street and Willow Street were surfaced, providing nearly 3 acres of playing area, including football and basketball pitches.
254. At Kai Tak Airport, routine maintenance work was carried out, including patching the taxi tracks, hardstanding, and runways, surfacing a new area of hardstanding, and regular painting of runway markings.
New Territories Roads
255. The main work continued to be the realignment of Castle Peak Road between the 6th and 9th milestones. A section
Page 47