4.38. By far the greater proportion of the work of the Civil Engineering Office is in connexion with the design, construction and maintenance of roads and drainage works throughout the Colony. The Colony is divided up into three separate Roads and Drainage Divisions, namely: Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories, each under a Chief Engineer.
4.39. 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.
4.40. 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.
4.41. Details of roads and drainage projects, completed or under construction, are given in Appendices K and L and a summary of works carried out on roads and drains is given in Appendix O.
Road Works in Hong Kong
4.42. Further progress was made on the Garden Road Complex, with work substantially completed on the Queen's Road flyover and on the section of Kapok Drive between Queen's Road East and the new Government Offices to be erected in Garden Road. Work also started on the continuation of Kapok Drive towards Kennedy Road, involving mainly elevated road structures and the culverting of Albany Nullah.
4.43. Detailed design continued for the roadworks, major drainage works and several flyovers required for the Waterfront Road, which will extend from Harcourt Road along a widened Gloucester Road to the existing road network of North Point at Hing Fat Street via Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter and the seaward boundary of Victoria Park. In addition, the detailed planning required for this road was co-ordinated with the work of consultants dealing with the immediate approaches to the cross harbour tunnel.
4.44. Roadworks were also carried out in conjunction with development areas at Tin Hau Temple Road and Morrison Hill.
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General
4.38. By far the greater proportion of the work of the Civil Engineer- ing Office is in connexion with the design, construction and maintenance of roads and drainage works throughout the Colony. The Colony is divided up into three separate Roads and Drainage Divisions, namely: Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories, each under a Chief Engineer.
4.39. 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.
4.40. 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.
4.41. Details of roads and drainage projects, completed or under construction, are given in Appendices K and L and a summary of works carried out on roads and drains is given in Appendix O.
Road Works in Hong Kong
4.42. Further progess was made on the Garden Road Complex, with work substantially completed on the Queen's Road flyover and on the section of Kapok Drive between Queen's Road East and the new Government Offices to be erected in Garden Road. Work also started on the continuation of Kapok Drive towards Kennedy Road, involving mainly elevated road structures and the culverting of Albany Nullah.
4.43. Detailed design continued for the roadworks, major drainage works and several flyovers required for the Waterfront Road, which will extend from Harcourt Road along a widened Gloucester Road to the existing road network of North Point at Hing Fat Street via Cause- way Bay Typhoon Shelter and the seaward boundary of Victoria Park. In addition the detailed planning required for this road was co-ordinated with the work of consultants dealing with the immediate approaches to the cross harbour tunnel.
4.44. Roadworks were also carried out in conjunction with develop- ment areas at Tin Hau Temple Road and Morrison Hill.
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