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grade of 1 in 6. It is formed partly in cutting and partly on embankment, and is surfaced with 4 inches of macadam, tarred and sanded. It commences at a point on Plantation Road above R.B.1.. 139, crosses Findlay Road and terminates on Barker Road to the west of Victoria Hospital.
1917 Estimates,......$ 3,600.00
1917 Expenditure,.. 3,306.66
Total Estimates, Expenditure to 31/12/17,
$ 3,600.00 3,306.66
(g.) Aberdeen Road,—Improvements in neighbourhood of Aberdeen Docks and new road past Aberdeen Village.—To admit of this work being carried out, it was necessary to arrange for the removal of the collection of old, insanitary structures which extended over the foreshore opposite houses Nos. 49 to 105. This was done, the owners being permitted to occupy a strip of Crown land, about 5 feet wide, which existed between their houses and the side of the new road, on payment of 50 cents per annum per house. Several lots, which were interfered with by the road, were readjusted or altered so as to enable the road to be constructed, compensation being paid where necessary. Particulars of the compensation paid will be found under paragraph 16 of this Report.
A Contract for the work involved was let to Messrs Wing Lee & Co. in June and, by the close of the year, 700 feet of road in the neighbourhood of the dock had been formed. This portion of the work involved the excavation of 5,000 cubic yards of material, chiefly rock, and the diversion of 500 lineal feet of storm-water drain. A section of the 40-foot road past the Village was also formed and a portion of the sea-wall, 350 feet in length, was completed.
The necessary dredging to form a foundation for the rubble mound for the sea-wall was carried out departmentally, 3,000 cubic yards of stone being deposited by the Contractors to form the mound,
The old nullah between the Village and the Market was straightened and the east wall was extended to meet the new sea-wall. The total length of nullah dealt with was 495 feet.
1917 Estimates, $27,000.00 | Total Estimates,
Expenditure to 1917 Expenditure,... 19,781.46 31/12/17,
$19,781.46
(h) General Works. The following is a statement of the principal works carried out under this heading :-
(i.) Anton Street, Landale Street, Praya East and Queen's Road East—Kerbing, channelling and laying granolithic slabs in footways around new houses and surfacing the carriage-way of Landale Street with concrete and of Anton Street with macadam, finished with a thin coat of tar toppings.
(ii) Kennedy Road—East End,-Cutting away rock to improve alignment of road and kerbing, channelling and surfacing roadway with tar macadam (not completed),
$5,668.51 5,624.97
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