5.51. These three divisions are jointly responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of roads and drainage works in the Civil Engineering Office. They are divided on a regional basis, to deal with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories separately, each under a Chief Engineer.
5.52. Measures to meet the demands of rapidly increasing traffic volumes continued, with existing roads being widened and junctions being improved. More use is being made of grade separation to relieve congestion and new roads to bypass the busy urban areas are under construction.
5.53. Owing to the heavy traffic, work in the urban areas became increasingly difficult. Special efforts had to be made to provide adequate alternative routes for traffic and close liaison maintained with the utility companies so that inconvenience caused by roadworks could be reduced.
5.54. On the drainage side, substantial progress was made on the provision of new trunk sewers to relieve those overloaded in the densely populated areas. The year was free from major typhoons, thereby lessening the problem of silting up of the drainage network.
5.55. Details of roads and drainage projects, completed or under construction, are given in Appendices O and P and a summary of works carried out on roads and drains as well as production in Government quarries are given in Appendix S.
Road Works in Hong Kong
5.56. The Garden Road Complex Scheme advanced another stage when the Cotton Tree Drive/Queensway Flyover was completed and opened to traffic in August 1967. Work on the section of Cotton Tree Drive from Queensway to Helena May Institute approached completion and tenders were invited for the construction of the next section from the Helena May Institute to the Y.W.C.A.
5.57. Construction work commenced on several parts of the Waterfront Road project and good progress was made on the construction of the Fleming Road Flyover, which will provide grade separation for the limited access 3-lane dual carriageway at this point. Planning and design work on the remaining parts of the project proceeded on schedule and construction of the Canal Road Flyover and Interchange also commenced.
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