284. At the Shek Wu Hui township new roads were built in accordance with the Town Plan for the redevelopment of the area devastated by fire.
285. The heavy rainstorms in May severely damaged several sections of main road, and one of the washouts on the Tai Po Road was spanned by a 120 foot Bailey bridge provided and erected by the Royal Engineers, who also provided plant and labour and assisted in maintaining through-traffic in the New Territories during the emergency period. All wash-outs were made good, the drainage systems in the vicinity improved, and in several cases an improved road realignment obtained.
286. Over twenty bays were provided to permit buses to stop off the carriageways of the New Territories roads to improve traffic flow.
CEMETERIES
287. New terraces and concrete footpaths were provided at the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery.
BRIDGES AND SUBWAYS
288. The reconstruction of the Tai Po Market Bridge was completed early in the year and five smaller bridges were built to replace some of the temporary hump-bridges and Bailey bridges, the new bridges being designed to Ministry of Transport loadings.
289. The exceptionally heavy rainfall in May caused the collapse of one half width of the Kam Tin Bridge due to the river bed underneath the central piers being scoured away. The Royal Engineers erected a Bailey bridge over the remaining half of the bridge to carry heavy military traffic, but a thorough investigation showed this remaining half of the bridge to be in a sound condition and the Bailey bridge was removed. After cofferdams had been constructed to divert the stream course the reconstruction and widening of the bridge commenced.
290. Two other bridges at Sai Kung also collapsed. Both of these were temporarily replaced with rolled steel joists and later permanently replaced by a concrete bridge and a box culvert respectively.
291. About forty feet of the Sai Kung Road near the police station was washed away. A temporary timber bridge quickly erected to restore through traffic was replaced later by a reinforced concrete box culvert.
292. Designs and detailed drawings were completed for the reconstruction of the bridge carrying the Peak Tramway over Kennedy Road.
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