maintenance commitments following the disturbances. By the end of the year, however, the total number of available metered parking spaces had returned to the level before the disturbances; i.e. 5,800. Progress was made in the marking out of free on-street parking spaces which increased by 1,000 during the year.
Traffic Light Signals
5.93. A total of seven sets of new signals were installed bringing the total figure for the Colony to 118. A large number of designs for signal layouts was completed and of the 45 sets of equipment ordered, 19 sets were delivered.
5.94. The gradual closing of the gap between traffic flow and traffic capacity emphasized the need for more sophisticated traffic control equipment and traffic light controllers of a more flexible type than those used in the past were ordered for several intersections. An engineer was sent to the United Kingdom to study the problems associated with the installation and maintenance of the new equipment.
Street Lighting
5.95. A total of 1,166 new street lamps was installed during the year including 223 on Hong Kong Island, 661 in Kowloon and 282 in the New Territories.
5.96. Expenditure on street lighting rose by 10.3% to $4,432,000, this figure being made up as follows:
Hong Kong $1,564,000 Kowloon $2,248,000 New Territories $620,000Public Transport
5.97. To keep pace with increasing demands on the Public Transport facilities of the Colony, a substantial effort was again made in the design and planning of bus routes, stops, termini, and other facilities. The first stage of the Wan Chai Ferry Concourse was completed, as was a design to improve conditions at the Jordan Road Ferry Concourse.
5.98. The spread of low cost housing and resettlement estates to more difficult sites in hilly terrain and the completion throughout the year of buildings on these sites, emphasized the problem of providing adequate public transport services to this kind of development. To meet the problem, new standards for road gradients and bus termini were
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