and at the more frequent meetings of the Working Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee on Public Transport.
TRAFFIC AIDS
9.45. In addition to the general maintenance and routine installation of prescribed traffic signs, some 950 new signs were installed in conjunction with parking designations, turning restrictions and the extension of one-way street systems in the urban areas.
9.46. Associated with the construction of pedestrian crossings, traffic islands and other road improvements, a total of 224 illuminated aids were brought into operation. The total annual expenditure for all aids including traffic signals amounted to $18,400.
9.48. Routine maintenance of carriageway markings continued and a total of 173 miles of road were repainted during the year.
9.49. A further programme of parking-meter installations of some 1,600 meters was implemented in the areas of Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and North Point on the Island and of Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok in Kowloon. In addition, 'free pockets' in existing metered areas were filled.
9.50. In conjunction with the Police Traffic Branch, parking problems were investigated in the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon and where parking was not considered detrimental to traffic flow, standard designated spaces were provided.
TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS
9.51. With the setting up of a special unit in the Traffic Engineering Section to deal with traffic-signal planning and design, substantial progress in this direction has been achieved. Designs were finalized for a large number of signal layouts and orders placed for a total of 27 installations comprising 5 sets of isolated vehicle-actuated signals, 13 sets of pedestrian push-button signals, 4 linked sets of vehicle-actuated signals and 5 sets of linked fixed-time signals.
9.52. New traffic-light signals were installed and put into operation at the intersection of Chatham Road/Nairn Road and Waterloo Road/Wylie Road. The former are of the fixed-time design, whilst the latter are vehicle-actuated and linked to a set of pedestrian push-button signals.
9.53. Following consultations with the Road Research Laboratory in England and the completion of the necessary traffic surveys, the design for the Nathan Road Progressive Signal System was prepared and
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and at the more frequent meetings of the Working Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee on Public Transport.
TRAFFIC AIDS
9.45. In addition to the general maintenance and routine installation of prescribed traffic signs, some 950 new signs were installed in conjunction with parking designations, turning restrictions and the extension of one-way street systems in the urban areas.
9.46. Associated with the construction of pedestrian crossings, traffic islands and other road improvements, a total of 224 illuminated aids were brought into operation. The total annual expenditure for all aids including traffic signals amounted to $18,400.
9.48. Routine maintenance of carriageway markings continued and a total of 173 miles of road were repainted during the year.
9.49. A further programme of parking-meter installations of some 1,600 meters was implemented in the areas of Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and North Point on the Island and of Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok in Kowloon. In addition, 'free pockets' in existing metered areas were filled.
9.50. In conjunction with the Police Traffic Branch, parking problems were investigated in the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon and where parking was not considered detrimental to traffic flow, standard designated spaces were provided.
TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS
9.51. With the setting up of a special unit in the Traffic Engineering Section to deal with traffic-signal planning and design, substantial progress in this direction has been achieved. Designs were finalized for a large number of signal layouts and orders placed for a total of 27 installations comprising 5 sets of isolated vehicle-actuated signals, 13 sets of pedestrian push-button signals, 4 linked sets of vehicle-actuated signals and 5 sets of linked fixed-time signals.
9.52. New traffic-light signals were installed and put into operation at the intersection of Chatham Road/Nairn Road and Waterloo Road/Wylie Road. The former are of the fixed-time design, whilst the latter are vehicle-actuated and linked to a set of pedestrian push-button signals.
9.53. Following consultations with the Road Research Laboratory in England and the completion of the necessary traffic surveys, the design for the Nathan Road Progressive Signal System was prepared and
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