Q 65
P.W.E. New Territories.
Road mentioned in paragraph 125() of last year's Report as well as the section from Mai Po to Castle Peak was completed.
1920 Estimates,
1920 Revote (unexpended balance 1919 Estimates),
1920 Expenditure,
$60,000.00
49,053.00
$109,053.00 90,316.20
(c) Fencing alongside new roads.-Concrete fences and earth bunds have been erected along the Coastal Road, where considered necessary, for the protection of traffic.
1920 Estimates,
1920 Expenditure,
$10,000.00
9,928.52
(d) Road to Kowloon Walled City. This work was not proceeded with.
1920 Estimates,
1920 Expenditure,
$5,000.00
Nil.
(e) Path (3 feet wide) along Frontier to Lin Tong for Police Patrol.—This work was not proceeded with.
1920 Estimates,
1920 Expenditure,
$14,000.00
Nil.
(f) General Works.-The following is a brief statement of the principal works carried out under this heading:
The road leading from Sheung Shui Station to the Cross Road was macadamized and treated with asphaltum.
The necessary resumptions having been carried through, the Main Road at Taipo Market between Taipo Road and Taipo Market Station was laid out, kerbed and channelled; the work was uncompleted at the end of the year.
The improvements to the Taipo Road between the 3rd and 5th miles mentioned in paragraph 125(d) of last year's Report were put in hand and considerable progress was made, many of the bends being eased and the culverts and bridges widened.
Road from Cheung Chau Village to the Pak Tai Temple was channelled and laid with cement concrete.
The following roads were kerbed and channelled, the footpaths being paved with granolithic slabs and any necessary improvements being made in front of new buildings erected during the year:—
Haitan Street.
Lai Chi Kok Road.
152. Training Nullahs :--
Nan Chang Street.
Yu Chau Street.