37
P.W.E. Hongkong.
1919 Estimates, were discharged. A description of the work was given in last year's Report.
$12,000.00 Total Estimates, $22,000.00 1919 Sup. Vote, 4,500.00 $16,500.00 Expenditure to 31/12/19, 22,712.30 1919 Expenditure,... 14,917.55(g) Lugard Road Extension.-A contract for this work was let in January. The length of this extension, which provides for the completion of the road from Victoria Gap to High West Gap, is about 4,800 lineal feet. Owing to the risks attendant upon the execution of the eastern section of the extension, work upon it was deferred until after the rainy season, operations being confined, in the first instance, to the western section. By the end of the year, fair general progress had been made over the whole of the alignment.
1919 Estimates, $10,000.00 Total Estimates,...... $55,000.00 1919 Sup. Vote, .... 6,000.00 $16,000.00 Expenditure to 31/12/19, 1919 Expenditure,... 15,821.40 | 15,821.40(h) Road contouring hillside in Wongneichong and Tai Hang Valleys. This road was undertaken for the purpose of opening up building sites in the two valleys mentioned, in addition to providing a motor route to the Hill District and a short route to Deep Water and Repulse Bays. A contract for the first section of it, extending from Gap Road to the Taitam Tunnel outlet at the east end of Bowen Road, was let to Messrs. Wing Lee & Co. in March and substantial progress had been made by the close of the year.
1919 Estimates, $120,000.00 Total Estimates,. $120,000.00 1919 Expenditure,.. 72,704.25 | 31/12/19, $72,704.25(i) Branch road to Wanchai Gap.—A contract for this work was let in July and, by the end of the year, satisfactory progress had been made with the work. The road forms part of a motor road to the Peak District. It is 15 miles in length and 20 feet wide, the ruling gradient being 1 in 20. There are numerous building sites along its route.
1919 Estimates,.... $80,000.00 Total Estimates,..... $80,000.00 1919 Expenditure,... 28,610.95 Expenditure to 31/12/19,. $28,610.95(j) Road contouring Mount Gough from Findlay Road to Gough Hill Road.—A contract for this work was let in October, 1918, and it was completed in December, 1919. The road is 10' 0" wide and has a ruling gradient of 1 in 16. As suitable stone was not procurable along the route of the road, the retaining walls generally were constructed of lime and cement concrete. Owing to the unfavourable nature of the hillside and the existence of certain buildings and retaining walls above the road, it was considered
37
P.W.E. Hongkong.
1919 Estimates,
were discharged. A description of the work was given in last
year's Report.
$12,000.00 | Total Estimates,.
$22,000.00
1919 Sup. Vote,.
4,500.00
$16,500.00
Expenditure to
31/12/19,
22,712.30
1919 Expenditure,... 14,917.55
(g) Lugard Road Extension.-A contract for this work was let in January. The length of this extension, which provides for the completion of the road from Victoria Gap to High West Gap, is about 4,800 lineal feet. Owing to the risks attendant upon the ex- ecution of the eastern section of the extension, work upon it was deferred until after the rainy season, operations being confined, in the first instance, to the western section. By the end of the year, fair general progress had been made over the whole of the alignment. 1919 Estimates, $10,000.00 Total Estimates,...... $55,000.00 1919 Sup. Vote, .... 6,000.00
$16,000.00 Expenditure to
31/12/19,
1919 Expenditure,... 15,821.40 |
15,821.40
(h.) Road contouring hillside in Wongneichong and Tai Hang Valleys. This road was undertaken for the purpose of opening up building sites in the two valleys mentioned, in addition to provid- ing a motor route to the Hill District and a short route to Deep Water and Repulse Bays. A contract for the first section of it, ex- tending from Gap Road to the Taitam Tunnel outlet at the east end of Bowen Road, was let to Messrs. Wing Lee & Co. in March and substantial progress had been made by the close of the
year.
1919 Estimates,
1919 Expenditure,..
$120,000.00 Total Estimates,.
Expenditure to
72,704.25 | 31/12/19,
$72,704.25
(i.) Branch road to Wanchai Gap.—A contract for this work was let in July and, by the end of the year, satisfactory progress had been made with the work. The road forms part of a motor road to the Peak District. It is 15 miles in length and 20 feet wide, the ruling gradient being 1 in 20. There are numerous building sites along its route.
1919 Estimates,.... $80,000.00
1919 Expenditure,...
28,610.95
Total Estimates,..... Expenditure to 31/12/19,.
$28,610.95
(j.) Road contouring Mount Gough from Findlay Road to Gough Hill Road.—A contract for this work was let in October, 1918, and it was completed in December, 1919. The road is 10' 0" wide and has a ruling gradient of 1 in 16. As suitable stone was not pro- curable along the route of the road, the retaining walls generally were constructed of lime and cement concrete. Owing to the un- favourable nature of the hillside and the existence of certain buildings and retaining walls above the road, it was considered
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