cope with these works the Colony has been divided on a territorial basis into separate divisions to deal with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, each under a Chief Engineer.
4.24. The measures to meet the demands of the rapidly increasing traffic volumes continued, with existing roads being widened and junctions being improved. More use is being made of grade separation to relieve congestion and new roads to by-pass the busy urban areas are under construction.
4.25. Owing to the heavy traffic, work in the urban areas became increasingly difficult. Special efforts had to be made to provide adequate alternative routes for traffic and close liaison maintained with the utility companies so that inconvenience caused by roadworks could be reduced.
4.26. The general policy of improving road and drainage standards continued and up-to-date techniques of design and construction have been introduced whenever possible.
4.27. Details of roads and drainage projects, completed or under construction, are given in Appendices J and K and a summary of works carried out on roads and drains is given in Appendix N.
Road Works in Hong Kong
4.28. Work was substantially completed on the Harcourt Road flyover and on the foundations for the Queen's Road East flyover. Work also started on the section of Kapok Drive between Queen's Road East and the new Government offices to be erected in Garden Road. These works are important elements in the Garden Road Complex which has been designed to cater for the rapid build-up of traffic from the Peak and Mid-Levels Districts.
4.29. Another step towards easing traffic flow between Mid-levels and the Central Area was made with the completion of improvements to the Ice House Street/Lower Albert Road and Arbuthnot Road/Wyndham Street junctions.
4.30. Road works were also carried out in conjunction with development areas at Chai Wan, Tin Hau Temple Road and Magazine Gap.
4.31. A considerable amount of detailed planning was carried out on the several approach routes to the proposed cross harbour tunnel. In addition to the immediate approaches to the tunnel, which are to be constructed by the consultants for the tunnel simultaneously with work
cope with these works the Colony has been divided on a territorial basis into separate divisions to deal with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, each under a Chief Engineer.
4.24. The measures to meet the demands of the rapidly increasing traffic volumes continued, with existing roads being widened and junc- tions being improved. More use is being made of grade separation to relieve congestion and new roads to by-pass the busy urban areas are under construction.
4.25. Owing to the heavy traffic, work in the urban areas became increasingly difficult. Special efforts had to be made to provide adequate alternative routes for traffic and close liaison maintained with the utility companies so that inconvenience caused by roadworks could be reduced.
4.26. The general policy of improving road and drainage standards continued and up-to-date techniques of design and construction have been introduced whenever possible.
4.27. Details of roads and drainage projects, completed or under construction, are given in Appendices J and K and a summary of works carried out on roads and drains is given in Appendix N.
Road Works in Hong Kong
4.28. Work was substantially completed on the Harcourt Road flyover and on the foundations for the Queen's Road East flyover. Work also started on the section of Kapok Drive between Queen's Road East and the new Government offices to be erected in Garden Road. These works are important elements in the Garden Road Complex which has been designed to cater for the rapid build up of traffic from the Peak and Mid-Levels Districts.
4.29. Another step towards easing traffic flow between Mid-levels and the Central Area was made with the completion of improvements to the Ice House Street/Lower Albert Road and Arbuthnot Road/ Wyndham Street junctions.
4.30. Road works were also carried out in conjunction with develop- ment areas at Chai Wan, Tin Hau Temple Road and Magazine Gap.
4.31. A considerable amount of detailed planning was carried out on the several approach routes to the proposed cross harbour tunnel. In addition to the immediate approaches to the tunnel, which are to be constructed by the consultants for the tunnel simultaneously with work
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