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Unfortunately, the increasing weight of traffic, and the wet weather of the summer months caused further deterioration of the roads which had already suffered from four years of neglect, making it obvious that, as soon as the necessary plant becomes available, a greatly increased rate of maintenance is essential if the roads are to be saved from complete failure.
The following are the main items of work carried out under this head:
Repaving, relaying sections and tar-painting to Wanchai Road, Roads on Praya East Reclamation, Queen Victoria Street, Jervois Street, Blue Pool Road, Tunglowan Road, Magazine Gap Road, Island Road, Muk Fu Ferry Road, Tai Po Road, Ha Heung Road, Jordan Road, Temple Street and Reclamation Street. Eastern Street, Bonham Strand West and Wing Lok Street were relaid in concrete. Repairs were carried out to various culverts on Island Road and New Territories Roads, and also to the Causeway at Castle Peak.
130. Maintenance of Approach Roads & Paths to Government Buildings:-Work under this head was carried on steadily throughout the year as rehabilitation of the buildings progressed.
The main items of work carried out were:-
Repairs to approaches to A.S.P.'s quarters Tai Po, No. 534 The Peak, Government House, Stanley Prison Officers' Quarters, Tsim Sha Tsui, Lok Ma Chau, Sheung Shui, Aberdeen, No. 7 and Central Police Stations, Island House Tai Po, Ping Shan Land Office, Queen Mary Hospital, Bacteriological Institute, Tai Po Land Office and the Slaughter Houses at Smithfield.
131. Maintenance of Quarries and Road Plant:-The rehabilitation of Hok Un Quarry proceeded well and, by the end of the summer, a very satisfactory output was being achieved although much of the plant was still of a temporary or improvised nature. By the middle of the year some of the plant on indent was beginning to arrive although delivery dates for electrical gear were disappointing. The main bottleneck in production was the obtaining of stone from the cutting face which is, at present, too small, and which was seriously handicapped by the non-arrival of drill steel ordered in 1946. Work has been planned with a view to obtaining a much improved face but until this can be achieved, it may be difficult for the quarry to meet any abnormally heavy demands.
Owing to the destruction of the Tsat Tse Mui Quarry Plant, this Department had no quarry in Hong Kong nor any plant available for setting one up. To tide over the period whilst plant was obtained from England, a contract was let to Messrs. Marsman for the supply of graded crushed stone from Morrison Hill for
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Unfortunately, the increasing weight of traffic, and the wet weather of the summer months caused further deterioration of the roads which had already suffered from four years of neglect, making it obvious that, as soon as the necessary plant becomes available, a greatly increased rate of maintenance is essential if the roads are to be saved from complete failure.
The following are the main items of work carried out under this head:
Repaving, relaying sections and tar-painting to Wanchai Road, Roads on Praya East Reclamation, Queen Victoria Street, Jervois Street, Blue Pool Road, Tunglowan Road, Magazine Gap Road, Island Road, Muk Fu Ferry Road, Tai Po Road, Ha Heung Road, Jordan Road, Temple Street and Reclamation Street. Eastern Street, Bonham Strand West and Wing Lok Street were relaid in concrete. Repairs were carried out to various culverts on Island Road and New Ter- ritories Roads, and also to the Causeway at Castle Peak.
130. Maintenance of Approach Roads & Paths to Govern- ment Buildings:-Work under, this head was carried on steadily throughout the year as rehabilitation of the buildings progressed.
The main items of work carried out were:-
Repairs to approaches to A.S.P.'s quarters Tai Po, No. 534 The Peak, Government House, Stanley Prison Officers' Quarters, Tsim Sha Tsui, Lok Ma Chau, Sheung Shui, Aber- deen, No. 7 and Central Police Stations, Island House Tai Po, Ping Shan Land Office, Queen Mary Hospital, Bacteriological Institute, Tai Po Land Office and the Slaughter Houses at Smithfield.
131. Maintenance of Quarries and Road Plant:-The reha- bilitation of Hok Un Quarry proceeded well and, by the end of the summer, a very satisfactory output was being achieved although much of the plant was still of a temporary or improvised nature. By the middle of the year some of the plant on indent was be- ginning to arrive although delivery dates for electrical gear were disappointing. The main bottleneck in production was the obtaining of stone from the cutting face which is, at present, too small, and which was seriously handicapped by the non-arrival of drill steel ordered in 1946. Work has been planned with a view to obtaining a much improved face but until this can be achieved, it may be difficult for the quarry to meet any abnormally heavy demands.
Owing to the destruction of the Tsat Tse Mui Quarry Plant, this Department had no quarry in Hong Kong nor any plant available for setting one up. To tide over the period whilst plant was obtained from England, a contract was let to Messrs. Marsman for the supply of graded crushed stone from Morrison Hill for
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