P.W.E. Hongkong.
Q 66
Extension of Broadwood Road to New Motor Road.- Broadwood Road was extended to connect with the new motor road contouring Wongneichong Valley.
The road has been formed 10 feet in width, channelled, surfaced with 4" macadam, and tar painted.
1922 Estimates,.
1922 Expenditure,.
$ 7,500.00 4,399.38
(t.) Road Improvements and Widening, Miscellaneous :—
(1) Bondam Road Widening,-The widening of this road to a minimum width of 30 feet was commenced late in the year, and it was only possible to put in hand the section between Ripon Terrace and the junction of High Street which was completed by the end of the year.
It was necessary to erect a retaining wall on the North side to obtain the desired width. The carriageway was regraded and surfaced with tar macadam, and a footway, which was paved with granolithic slabs, was formed on the North side.
1922 Estimates,........ .$ 30,000.00 1922 Expenditure,.................................... 5,110.56
(ii) Pokfulam Road between No. 11 Bridge and Aberdeen Dock.- This section of Pokfulam Road was being considerably improved by widening it to a minimum width of 25 feet.
The work will entail the taking down of the granite piers at the entrance to the Chinese Permanent Cemetery and re-erecting them in a new position further North,
It was found impossible to complete the work by the end of the year.
1922 Estimates,...
...$ 5,000.00 1922 Expenditure................................... 4,562.25
(iii) Conduit Road. The necessary cutting, filling and retaining walls to allow of the widening of this road to a minimum width of 25′0′′ between L.L. 1899 and Hatton Road were well advanced by the end of the year.
1922 Estimates.
$ 30,000.00
1922 Expenditure,............ 14,178.09
(iv.) Main Roads in City,—Surfacing with Asphaltum.—The carriageway in Des Vœux Road Central, between Wing Wo Street and Cleverly Street, was regraded to new levels and surfaced with asphaltic sand carpeting 2′′ thick laid upon cement concrete foundation 6" thick.
P.W.E. Hongkong.
Q 66
Extension of Broadwood Road to New Motor Road.- Broadwood Road was extended to connect with the new motor road contouring Wongneichong Valley.
The road has been formed 10 feet in width, channelled, surfaced with 4" macadam, and tar painted.
1922 Estimates,.
1922 Expenditure,.
$ 7.500.00 4.399.38
(t.) Road Improvements and Widening, Miscellaneous :—
(1) Bondam Road Widening,-The widening of this road to a minimum width of 30 feet was commenced late in the year, and it was only possible to put in hand the section between Ripon Terrace and the junction of High Street which was completed by the end of the year.
It was necessary to erect a retaining wall on the North side to obtain the desired width. The carriageway was regraded and surfaced with tar macadam, and a footway, which was paved with granolithic slabs, was formed on the North side.
1922 Estimates,........ .$ 30,000.00 1922 Expenditure,.................................... 5,110.56
(ii) Pokfulam Road between No. 11 Bridge and Aber- deen Dock.- This section of Pokfulam Road was being considerably improved by widening it to a minimum width of 25 feet.
The work will entail the taking down of the granite piers at the entrance to the Chinese Per- manent Cemetery and re-erecting them in a new position fürther North,
It was found impossible to complete the work by the end of the year.
1922 Estimates,...
...$ 5,000.00 1922 Expenditure................................... 4.562.25
(iii) Conduit Road. The necessary cutting, filling and retaining walls to allow of the widening of this road to a minimum width of 25′0′′ between 1.L. 1899 and Hatton Road were well advanced by the end of the year.
1922 Estimates.
.S 30,000,00
1922 Expenditure,............ 14,178.09
(u.) Main Roads in City,—Surfacing with Asphaltum.—The carriageway in Des Vœux Road Central, between Wing Wo Street and Cleverly Street, was regraded to new levels and surfacei with asphaltic sand carpeting 2′′ thick laid upon cement concrete foundation 6" thick.
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