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The sea-wall is constructed of cement concrete, with displacers, faced with masonry set in cement mortar, and finished off with a cement concrete coping 2 feet wide by 15 inches deep, surmounted with a cement concrete parapet 20 inches high. The road is surfaced with macadam, 4 inches thick, finished off with 2 coats of asphaltum, cement concrete side channels being provided where necessary. In connection with this work, 300 feet of the old road, extending from Aberdeen I.L. 15 to Aberdeen I.L. 76, was widened to 40 feet and a new boat-slip for the Police was constructed. 1918 Estimates, $46,000.00 Total Estimates,
Expenditure to 31/12/18, $65,000.00 63,065.90
1918 Expenditure, ... 43,284.44
(e.) Repulse Bay to Taitam Tuk,—1st Section,—New Road.—This length of road,—2.39 miles in length,—forms a portion of the scheme, proposed in 1898, for the construction of a road, suitable for wheeled traffic, to encircle the greater portion of the Island of Hongkong. For the purpose of inviting tenders, it was divided into two sections, but the contracts for both of these were secured by Mr. Un Ng Tsung in March.
The road is being constructed with a width of 20 feet. It commences above the north-west corner of Repulse Bay where the old road (recently improved) makes a great loop as it runs on a downward grade to the shore. Branching off on the level, at the commencement of this loop, the new road is carried over the old one on a 16-foot span bridge. It then contours the hill-side for some distance, nearly level, until it reaches the main stream entering Repulse Bay, which is crossed by a bridge of three 27-foot spans.
From this point, it rises with a grade varying from 1 in 17 to 1 in 18 until Stanley Gap is reached at an elevation of 405 feet above Ordnance Datum. The length of the road from its commencement to Stanley Gap is 1.51 miles. From the Gap, the road drops with a grade of 1 in 18 until it meets the old Stanley Road at an elevation of 154.53 feet above Ordnance Datum. This point, which is about half a mile north-east of Stanley Village, is 0.88 mile from the Gap.
Up to the close of the year, 2,500 cubic yards of hard rock and 30,000 cubic yards of earth and soft rock had been excavated. 700 feet of retaining walls of various heights had been constructed; and 500 feet of culverts (varying from 6′ 0′′ × 6′ 0′′ to 3′ 6′′ × 5′ 0′′) and 600 feet of barrel drains of various sizes had been formed.
The abutments and piers for the two bridges previously mentioned were nearly completed.
$80,000.00 Total Estimates,
1918 Estimates,
1918 Expenditure, ... 29,745.08 Expenditure to 31/12/18, $29,745.08
(f) Repulse Bay to Taitam Tuk,—2nd Section,—Improving and widening existing road.—A contract for this work was let to Messrs,
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tion of a sea-wall, 12 feet in height and 790 feet in length, supported on a rubble mound, varying from 30 to 40 feet in width at the base.
The sea-wall is constructed of cement concrete, with displacers, faced with masonry set in cement mortar, and finished off with a cement concrete coping 2 feet wide by 15 inches deep, surmounted with a cement concrete parapet 20 inches high. The road is sur- faced with macadam, 4 inches thick, finished off with 2 coats of asphaltum, cement concrete side channels being provided where necessary. In connection with this work, 300 feet of the old road, extending from Aberdeen I.L. 15 to Aberdeen I.L.. 76, was widened to 40 feet and a new boat-slip for the Police was constructed. 1918 Estimates, $ 46,000.00 Total Estimates,
Expenditure to
1918 Expenditure,... 43,284.44 31/12/18,
......$ 65,000.00
63,065.90
(e.) Repulse Bay to Taitam Tuk,-1st Section,-New Road.- This length of road,-2-39 miles in length,-forms a portion of the scheme, proposed in 1898, for the construction of a road, suitable for wheeled traffic, to encircle the greater portion of the Island of Hongkong. For the purpose of inviting tenders, it was divided into two sections, but the contracts for both of these were secured by Mr. Un Ng Tsung in March.
The road is being constructed with a width of 20 feet. It com- mences above the north-west corner of Repulse Bay where the old road (recently improved) makes a great loop as it runs on a down- ward grade to the shore. Branching off on the level, at the com- mencement of this loop, the new road is carried over the old one on a 16-foot span bridge. It then contours the hill-side for some dis- tance, nearly level, until it reaches the main stream entering Repulse Bay, which is crossed by a bridge of three 27-foot spans.
From this point, it rises with a grade varying from 1 in 17 to 1 in 18 until Stanley Gap is reached at an elevation of 405 feet above Ordnance Datum. The length of the road from its commence- ment to Stanley Gap is 151 miles. From the Gap, the road drops with a grade of 1 in 18 until it meets the old Stanley Road at an elevation of 154:53 feet above Ordnance Datum. This point, which is about half a mile north-east of Stanley Village, is 0'88 mile from the Gap.
Up to the close of the year, 2,500 cubic yards of hard rock and 30,000 cubic yards of earth and soft rock had been excavated. 700 feet of retaining walls of various heights had been constructed; and 500 feet of culverts (varying from 6′ 0′′ × 6′ 0′′ to 3′ 6′′ × 5′ 0′′) and 600 feet of barrel drains of various sizes had been formed.
The abutments and piers for the two bridges previously mentioned were nearly completed.
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$80,000.00 Total Estimates,.
1918 Estimates,
1918 Expenditure, ... 29,745.08
Expenditure to
31/12/18,
$29,745.08
(f) Repulse Bay to Taitam Tuk,—2nd Section,—Improving and widening existing_road.—A contract for this work was let to Messrs,
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