Island and a new typhoon shelter of 65 acres to accommodate junks and small craft during storms. Construction commenced on August 10th, 1951, with the dredging and sandfilling of trenches in the sea bed which totalled 4,000 lineal feet in length and which formed the foundation for the three principal rubble breakwaters. This work involved 211,744 cubic yards of dredging and 246,703 cubic yards of sandfilling.
Work on the construction of the east wall of the canal, which will run along the side of the existing shelter, commenced in December, 1951 and proceeded rapidly. Public dumping in the existing typhoon shelter behind the canal wall and along Causeway Bay Road started in November, 1951 and formed the bund which is necessary to retain and resist the scouring action of some 1,500,000 cubic yards of material which will be dredged from the harbour bed and pumped hydraulically into the shelter. Approximately 90,000 cubic yards of material was dumped up to the 1st April, 1952.
122. The second major work of new construction, known as the Central Reclamation Scheme, was started during the year. The work entails the construction of approximately 2,140 lin. ft. of sea wall along the central portion of the sea front between the Naval Dockyard and in a westerly direction towards the existing Vehicular Ferry Pier at Jubilee Street. It is divided into two stages. Stage I only has so far been approved comprising 935 ft. of sea wall from the Naval Dockyard in a westerly direction and 415 ft. of temporary return granite pitched slope to seal off this first stage of the scheme pending the construction of the second stage. Contract drawings for the sea wall construction have been prepared and allow for a sea wall 43' overall in height for the 200' adjacent to H.M. Dockyard which will facilitate the berthing of R.N. Ships; the remaining section of sea wall is planned to be 16'-6" in height with an underwater foundation of granite rubble dumped pell mell on to a sand filled trench. During the year dredging and sand filling for the foundations were completed. Close liaison with the Utility Companies and Services was necessary during the
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Island and a new typhoon shelter of 65 acres to accommodate junks and small craft during storms. Construction commenced on August 10th, 1951, with the dredging and sandfilling of trenches in the sea bed which totalled 4,000 lineal feet in length and which formed the foundation for the three principal rubble breakwaters. This work involved 211,744 cubic yards of dredging and 246,703 cubic yards of sandfilling.
Work on the construction of the east wall of the canal, which will run along the side of the existing shelter, commenced in December, 1951 and proceeded rapidly. Public dumping in the existing typhoon shelter behind the canal wall and along Causeway Bay Road started in November, 1951 and formed the bund which is necessary to retain and resist the scouring action of some 1,500,000 cubic yards of material which will be dredged from the harbour bed and pumped hydraulically into the shelter. Approximately 90,000 cubic yards of material was dumped up to the 1st April, 1952.
122. The second major work of new construction, known as the Central Reclamation Scheme, was started during the year. The work entails the construction of approximately 2,140 lin. ft. of sea wall along the central portion of the sea front between the Naval Dockyard and in a westerly direction towards the existing Vehicular Ferry Pier at Jubilee Street. It is divided into two stages. Stage I only has so far been approved com- prising 935 ft. of sea wall from the Naval Dockyard in a westerly direction and 415 ft. of temporary return granite pitched slope to seal off this first stage of the scheme pending the construction of the second stage. Contract drawings for the sea wall construction have been prepared and allow for a sea wall 43' overall in height for the 200' adjacent to H.M. Dockyard which will facilitate the berthing of R.N. Ships; the remaining section of sea wall is planned to be 16'-6" in height with an underwater foundation of granite rubble dumped pell mell on to a sand filled trench. During the year dredging and sand filling for the foundations were completed. Close liaison with the Utility Companies and Services was necessary during the
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