291. Parking studies undertaken at several locations in the urban areas helped to determine the suitability of selected locations for the future construction of multi-storey parking garages.
PLANNING
292. The Section provided the Chairman and Secretary respectively for the Department's 'Roads Opening Co-ordinating Committee' and 'Roads Planning and Improvements Committee'.
293. Standards were prepared and adopted for use when considering the traffic engineering aspects of development schemes prepared by other sub-departments and more than eighty planning layouts were studied, the most important being the Outline Development Plan for the Central District, Hong Kong.
294. Consideration of proposals for several cinemas and petrol filling stations prompted the preparation of a set of standard requirements concerning location and layout.
DESIGN
295. Drawings were prepared showing recommended standards for kerb radii and sight lines at road intersections and for kerbside and off-street parking layouts. A revised layout for the Middle Road car park provided an increase of more than 20 per cent in the number of parking spaces.
296. The report of the Works Section (paragraph 248) refers to the extensive introduction on major urban traffic routes of central dividing strips with ornamental fencing. A feature of this work was off-setting the dividing strip on the approaches to some junctions to provide right turning lanes.
297. Meetings held with representatives of the two bus companies resulted in agreement on a more acceptable design for the bus shelters constructed in the urban areas.
298. A number of existing street widening and junction improvement schemes were considered and amended, and designs for many other major and minor road improvements of both an interim and long-term character, were prepared.
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291. Parking studies undertaken at several locations in the urban areas helped to determine the suitability of selected locations for the future construction of multi-storey parking garages.
PLANNING
292. The Section provided the Chairman and Secretary respectively for the Department's 'Roads Opening Co-ordinating Committee' and 'Roads Planning and Improvements Committee'.
293. Standards were prepared and adopted for use when considering the traffic engineering aspects of development schemes prepared by other sub-departments and more than eighty planning layouts were studied, the most important being the Outline Development Plan for the Central District, Hong Kong.
294. Consideration of proposals for several cinemas and petrol filling stations prompted the preparation of a set of standard requirements concerning location and layout.
DESIGN
295. Drawings were prepared showing recommended standards for kerb radii and sight lines at road intersections and for kerbside and off-street parking layouts. A revised layout for the Middle Road car park provided an increase of more than 20 per cent in the number of parking spaces.
296. The report of the Works Section (paragraph 248) refers to the extensive introduction on major urban traffic routes of central dividing strips with ornamental fencing. A feature of this work was off-setting the dividing strip on the approaches to some junctions to provide right turning lanes.
297. Meetings held with representatives of the two bus companies resulted in agreement on a more acceptable design for the bus shelters constructed in the urban areas.
298. A number of existing street widening and junction improvement schemes were considered and amended, and designs for many other major and minor road improvements of both an interim and long-term character, were prepared.
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