248. The many road reconstructions undertaken included Pok Fu Lam Road from the City Boundary to the Queen Mary Hospital.
249. Suitable valley sites were selected to take the extraordinary daily volume of over 1,000 cubic yards of spoil resulting from private and public site formation; toe retaining walls were built, stream courses were culverted and the valleys filled, thereby creating useful areas of ground and improving road alignments.
KOWLOON ROADS
250. The work of widening several miles of the Castle Peak Road to dual carriageway width commenced with a contract for the section from Lai Chi Kok Hospital to Lai Chi Kok Gap. Improvement of the alignment required very large excavations and fillings but the work progressed rapidly.
251. The entire re-design and re-construction of the ferry concourse at Tsim Sha Tsui followed the completion of the new Star Ferry pier.
252. Construction of part of the Clearwater Bay Road on its new alignment round the perimeter of the new Kai Tak Airport provided a dual carriageway, cycle tracks and footpaths.
NEW TERRITORIES ROADS
253. Minor roads giving access to the more remote parts formed the bulk of New Territories' road works.
254. On the south of Lantao Island work started on the extension of the recently completed road to Cheung Sha towards Shek Pik, the site of the proposed dam. This work is nearing completion.
255. Other minor roads completed or put in hand included those at Sai Kung, Lin Fa Tei, Sap Pat Heung and Ping Tze.
256. A new road was built from the highest point of the military road TWSK to the top portion of the existing road to the summit of Tai Mo Shan.
257. Three miles of Clearwater Bay Road from Hang Hau to Clearwater Bay, released by the Military Authorities were re-constructed and re-surfaced.
258. At Yuen Long the dual carriageway was extended by about 900 feet to serve the further development of the town.
259. A new sea wall was built on the seaward side of the old causeway to widen Tai Po Causeway to 100 feet, with provision for a second carriageway when necessary.
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