of the area for use as a temporary car park. Plans for the ultimate development of this area have not yet been finalized.
9.08. Plans were approved and a start was made on the widening of Conduit Road at its junction with Castle Road.
9.09. The opening of the new City Hall necessitated a considerable amount of road works, the major part of which was the conversion of Connaught Road Central into a 6-lane dual carriageway with a 4 feet wide central dividing strip.
9.10. The reclaimed area north of Harcourt Road was laid out as a paved helicopter landing site and car park together with a landscaped esplanade.
9.11. Street reconstruction in concrete slabs, included Irving Street, Shan Kwong Road, Tang Lung Street, King Kwong Street, Sunning Road, Sun Wui Road and Hoi Ping Road. Streets under reconstruction included Jervois Street and part of Wing Lok Street, Hospital Road, Eastern Street, High Street and Stubbs Road.
9.12. A large number of traffic islands, bollards and pedestrian crossings were installed at various junctions throughout the City, new bus bays were constructed at Harcourt Road, Connaught Road Central near the City Hall and on the Central Reclamation near Cleverly Street and the improvement to the Park Road/Bonham Road junction was completed.
9.13. Repairs to typhoon damage in Broadwood Road and Bowen Road were completed and good progress was made on the construction of a new retaining wall at Stubbs Road near Ling Nam College. This work resulted from Typhoon 'Olga' when a large dry rubble wall supporting up to 40 feet of surcharge showed signs of collapse.
ISLAND ROADS, OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
9.14. The design of major improvement schemes for most of the Island's principle routes made considerable progress and an initial start on their implementation was made at Deep Water Bay Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road and Pok Fu Lam Road. Work was well in hand on the construction of North Point Vehicular Ferry Pier concourse and a contract was let for widening Aberdeen Reservoir Road. Work on the improvement of Tai Hang Road/Perkins Road junction was completed.
9.15. A Parker Paver-Finisher was delivered in November and after preliminary tests, was put into service. Maintenance works included the resurfacing of Chai Wan Road and Tytam Road by the Parker
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of the area for use as a temporary car park. Plans for the ultimate development of this area have not yet been finalized.
9.08. Plans were approved and a start was made on the widening of Conduit Road at its junction with Castle Road.
9.09. The opening of the new City Hall necessitated a considerable amount of road works, the major part of which was the conversion of Connaught Road Central into a 6 lane dual carriageway with a 4 feet wide central dividing strip.
9.10. The reclaimed area north of Harcourt Road was laid out as a paved helicopter landing site and car park together with a landscaped esplanade.
9.11. Street reconstruction in concrete slabs, included Irving Street, Shan Kwong Road, Tang Lung Street, King Kwong Street, Sunning Road, Sun Wui Road and Hoi Ping Road. Streets under reconstruction included Jervois Street and part of Wing Lok Street, Hospital Road, Eastern Street, High Street and Stubbs Road.
9.12. A large number of traffic islands, bollards and pedestrian crossings were installed at various junctions throughout the City, new bus bays were constructed at Harcourt Road, Connaught Road Central near the City Hall and on the Central Reclamation near Cleverly Street and the improvement to the Park Road/Bonham Road junction was completed.
9.13. Repairs to typhoon damage in Broadwood Road and Bowen Road were completed and good progress was made on the construction of a new retaining wall at Stubbs Road near Ling Nam College. This work resulted from Typhoon 'Olga' when a large dry rubble wall sup- porting up to 40 feet of surcharge showed signs of collapse.
ISLAND ROADS, OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
9.14. The design of major improvement schemes for most of the Island's principle routes made considerable progress and an initial start on their implementation was made at Deep Water Bay Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road and Pok Fu Lam Road. Work was well in hand on the construction of North Point Vehicular Ferry Pier concourse and a contract was let for widening Aberdeen Reservoir Road. Work on the improvement of Tai Hang Road/Perkins Road junction was completed.
9.15. A Parker Paver-Finisher was delivered in November and after preliminary tests, was put into service. Maintenance works included the resurfacing of Chai Wan Road and Tytam Road by the Parker
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