53.
Q 10
Roads and Bridges in City (Maintenance and Improvements):-The surfaces of approximately seventy-one miles of roads were generally maintained in a satisfactory manner.
The following figures show the extent of the operations carried out at the Government Quarry, Tsat Tze Mui, during the year-A total quantity of 16,507 cubic yards of various grades of stones were passed through crushers, of which 8,535 cubic yards were made into tar macadam, 547 cubic yards into sand carpeting and 7,425 cubic yards were delivered to various works as the material came from crushers. 1,783 granolithic paving slabs were provided for use on footways; forty-six reinforced concrete standards for railings and four wooden notice boards were made.
The following are particulars of the additional areas laid with improved surfacing during the year:
Square yards Tarring and sanding 3,866 24" granolithic paving laid on footways 1,696 New sand carpeting 4,717A traffic census was taken on some of the main roads in the Inside City district. During a twelve hour period (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) the following results were obtained and these are shown compared with the 1935 figures.
Street Point where census was taken 1935Expenditure
$39,080.19
53.
Q 10
Roads and Bridges in City (Maintenance and Improvements):-The surfaces of approximately seventy-one miles of roads were generally maintained in a satisfactory
manner.
The following figures show the extent of the operations carried out at the Government Quarry, Tsat Tze Mui, during the year-A total quantity of 16,507 cubic yards of various grades of stones were passed through crushers, of which 8,535 cubic yards were made into tar macadam, 547 cubic yards into sand carpeting and 7,425 cubic yards were delivered to various works as the material came from crushers. 1,783 granolithic paving slabs were provided for use on footways; forty-six reinforced concrete standards for railings and four wooden notice boards were made.
The following are particulars of the additional areas laid with improved surfacing during the year:
Tarring and sanding
24" granolithic paving laid on footways New sand carpeting
Square yards
3,866
1,696
4,717
A traffic census was taken on some of the main roads in the Inside City district. During a twelve hour period (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) the following results were obtained and these are shewn compared with the 1935 figures.
1935
1936
Street
Point where census was taken
Cars and Motor Cycles
Lorries and Buses
Cars and Motor Cycles
Lorries and Buses
Garden Road
Junction of Murray Barracks
2588
504
4584
596
Magazine Gap Road
Stubbs Road
May Road Junction
356
18
1653
25
20
Above Hong Kong Hotel
Garage
758
266
637
309
Queen's Road West
East of No. 7 Police Station...
526
1128
631
1139
Des Voeux Road West
Near Western Street
329
414
418
375
Connaught Road West
Near Western Street
188
941
128
1065
Pokfulum Road
Near Pumping Station
489
257
599
317
Pokfulum Road
South of No. 7 Police Station
516
650
596
310
Caine Road
Junction of Arbuthnot Road
1697
390
2658
400
Expenditure
$39,080.19
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