251. The following are details of the work of the various sections of the office, divided partly on a regional and partly on a functional basis.
CITY ROADS, VICTORIA
252. Traffic bottle-necks in Queen's Road, Central, were substantially relieved when Connaught Road was linked with Gloucester Road by a new 120 feet wide road through the old Naval Dockyard area. This road is about half a mile in length with two 33-foot carriageways separated by a central dividing strip, a 20-foot service road, and one 14-foot footpath. Other major works included the construction of a new carpark and children's playground between Macdonnell Road and Kennedy Road and improvements in the width and alignment of Kennedy Road near Monmouth Path.
253. A slip road built at the junction of Garden Road and Queen's Road, Central, improved traffic conditions.
254. Traffic islands, bollards and pedestrian crossings were installed at the junctions of Garden Road with Lower Albert Road, Garden Road with Macdonnell Road and Pedder Street with Queen's Road, Central.
255. Yee Wo Street, Great George Street, Sugar Street, Wood Road and part of Stubbs Road, were reconstructed in concrete to reduce future maintenance, the opportunity being taken whenever possible to improve alignment and superelevation.
256. Several private streets in very poor condition, including Shelter Street, Fuk Kwan Avenue and Kwan Yick Street, were rebuilt to an acceptable standard at the owners' expense.
257. Two bus bays in Bonham Road, two in Queen's Road, East, and one in Stubbs Road near Shiu Fai Terrace were constructed in concrete.
ISLAND ROAD, OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
258. The surface dressing of the carriageways was carried out to sections of Shek O Road, Big Wave Bay Road, Island Road (Chai Wan) and Stubbs Road. Car parks were constructed for the convenience of sightseers at Tai Tam Reservoir Road, Island Road and Stubbs Road and additional car parking areas were provided at Deep Water Bay for the benefit of bathers.
259. Other work included the first carriageway of the Chai Wan access road and the improvement of the Barker/Stubbs Road junction.
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