P.W.E. Hongkong.
Q 42
(c.) Lugard Road Extension.-By the end of the year, all the pier work for the bridging, rubble retaining walls, cutting and channelling had been finished, only a small amount of work consisting principally of bridge decking, railing, and road surfacing still remaining to be done in order to complete the work.
The road construction comprises 1,448 lineal feet of reinforced concrete decking and beams carried on 87 cement concrete piers, 1,543 lineal feet of rubble retaining walling and 1,859 lineal feet of hillside benching. It has a minimum width of 8 ft. throughout with a maximum gradient of 1 in 20. All rail standards and railings are of reinforced concrete.
During the construction, it was found necessary to remove numerous dangerous boulders, weighing up to 45 tons each, while others were secured by buttresses, and, in numerous cases, the bridge piers were constructed as buttresses. Owing to the nature of the work, its progress was necessarily slow.
1920 Estimates, $45,000.00 Total Estimates,...... $55,000.00 1920 Sup. Vote, 5,000.00 $50,000.00 Expenditure to 1920 Expenditure,... 49,960.23 31/12/20, 65,781.63(d.) Road contouring hillside in Wongneichong and Tui Hang Valleys.-This road, referred to in paragraph 98 (h) of last year's Report, was completed in August. It has a width of 20 feet and is protected throughout its entire length with stone parapet walls or earth mounds; the surface is coated with asphaltum. The section from Gap Road to Bowen Road is 1/26 miles long. The first 330 yards from Gap Road has a grade of 1 in 15, the remaining portion 1 in 20. Bowen Road from this point to the Taitam Tunnel outlet, a length of 3/7 mile, was widened to 20 ft.
1920 Estimates, $40,000.00 Total Estimates,..... $120,000.00 1920 Sup. Vote, 11,500.00 $51,500.00 Expenditure to 31/12/20... 51,435.33 124,139.58(e.) Branch road to Wanchai Gap.-The construction of this road was of a heavy nature, and its formation involved the construction of numerous massive retaining walls which were generally built of lime and cement concrete backing, faced with rubble in lime and cement mortar and pointed in cement.
The road surface is coated with asphaltum.
The road was completed and in general use by the middle of December.
1920 Estimates, $70,000.00 Total Estimates,..... $97,000.00 1920 Sup. Vote, 51,000.00 $121,000.00 1920 Expenditure,... 117,986.25 Expenditure to 31/12/20,. 146,597.20P.W.E. Hongkong.
Q 42
(c.) Lugard Road Extension.-By the end of the year, all the pier work for the bridging, rubble retaining walls, cutting and channelling had been finished, only a small amount of work consist- ing principally of bridge decking, railing, and road surfacing still remaining to be done in order to complete the work.
The road construction comprises 1,448 lineal feet of reinforced concrete decking and beams carried on 87 cement concrete piers, 1,543 lineal feet of rubble retaining walling and 1,859 lineal feet of hillside benching. It has a minimum width of 8 ft. throughout with a maximum gradient of 1 in 20. All rail standards and railings are of reinforced concrete.
During the construction, it was found necessary to remove numerous dangerous boulders, weighing up to 45 tons each, while others were secured by buttresses, and, in numerous cases, the bridge piers were constructed as buttresses. Owing to the nature of the work, its progress was necessarily slow.
1920 Estimates, 1920 Sup. Vote,
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$45,000.00 Total Estimates,...... $55,000.00
5,000.00
$50,000.00 | Expenditure to 1920 Expenditure,... 49,960.23 31/12/20,
65.781.63
(d.) Road contouring hillside in Wongneichong and Tui Hang Valleys.-This road, referred to in paragraph 98 (h) of last year's Report, was completed in August. It has a width of 20 feet and is protected throughout its entire length with stone parapet walls or earth mounds; the surface is coated with asphaltum. The section from Gap Road to Bowen Road is 126 miles long. The first 330 yards from Gap Road has a grade of 1 in 15, the remain- ing portion 1 in 20. Bowen Road from this point to the Taitam Tannel outlet, a length of 37 mile, was widened to 20 ft.
1920 Estimates, 1920 Sup. Vote,
$40,000.00 Total Estimates,..... $120,000.00
11,500.00
$51,500.00
Expenditure to 31/12/20...
1920 Expenditure,... 51,435.33
124,139.58
(P.) Branch road to Wanchai Gap.-The construction of this road was of a heavy nature, and its formation involved the construction of numerous massive retaining walls which were generally built of lime and cement concrete backing, faced with rubble in lime and cement mortar and pointed in cement.
The road surface is coated with asphaltum.
The road was completed and in general use by the middle of December,.
1920 Estimates,
1920 Sup. Vote,
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$70,000.00 Total Estimates,..... $97,000.00
51,000.00
$121,000.00
1920 Expenditure,... 117,986.25
Expenditure to 31/12/20,.
146,597.20
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