140. On the long lengths of road in the New Territories re-construction was resorted to only where the foundation had obviously broken up. Otherwise, existing consolidated road crusts were used as a foundation; the surface was patched with Bituminous macadam, reshaped where required; the carriage-way was widened to a uniform 22-ft. width by haunching the shoulders and the whole width then given an additional bituminous wearing carpet. All reshaping was carried out by the addition of new materials. Some 7 miles were so treated.
141. At the request of the Military Authorities the road from Wongneichong Gap to the Tytam Reservoir was completed in 6″ of concrete.
New Roads
142. An important new traffic artery was made available to the public by the extension of Blue Pool Road through to Tai Hang Road. Again 8″ of concrete with a 1″ wearing coat was used. This new outlet is expected to reduce traffic on the lower part of Stubbs Road as it shortens the distance from Happy Valley (and the Race Course) to Repulse Bay Road by approximately 1 mile. In addition, two residential streets were built in the Blue Pool Road Development Area to encourage building development.
143. On virgin ground, particularly on new housing schemes, construction usually took the form of 4″ of waterbound macadam with a 1″ bituminous wearing coat. In some instances, a 3″ hardcore foundation with 4″ of tarmacadam and a 1″ wearing coat was used. Work was continued on three such Housing Schemes at Jardine's Look-out on Tai Hang Road, the Worker's Flats site on King's Road and the Hong Kong Home Building Investment Company's lot in Kowloon.
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140. On the long lengths of road in the New Territories re- construction was resorted to only where the foundation had obviously broken up. Otherwise, existing consolidated road crusts were used as a foundation; the surface was patched with Bituminous macadam, reshaped where required; the carriage- way was widened to a uniform 22-ft. width by haunching the shoulders and the whole width then given an additional bitu- minous wearing carpet. All reshaping was carried out by the addition of new materials. Some 7 miles were so treated.
141. At the request of the Military Authorities the road from Wongneichong Gap to the Tytam Reservoir was completed in 6" of concrete.
New Roads
142. An important new traffic artery was made available to the public by the extension of Blue Pool Road through to Tai Hang Road. Again 8′′ of concrete with a 1" wearing coat was used. This new outlet is expected to reduce traffic on the lower part of Stubbs Road as it shortens the distance from Happy Valley (and the Race Course) to Repulse Bay Road by approximately mile. In addition two residential streets were built in the Blue Pool Road Development Area to encourage building development.
143. On virgin ground, particularly on new housing schemes, construction usually took the form of 4" of waterbound macadam with a 1" bituminous wearing coat. In some instance, a 3" hardcore foundation with 4" of tarmacadam and a 1" wearing coat was used. Work was continued on three such Housing Schemes at Jardine's Look-out on Tai Hang Road, the Worker's Flats site on King's Road and the Hong Kong Home Building Investment Company's lot in Kowloon.
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