Drainage and Sewerage Works in Hong Kong
4.45. Repairs and improvements were put in hand on several storm-water drainage channels and culverts damaged, or which overflowed, during the June Rainstorm.
4.46. Nullah construction work to improve the present insanitary conditions and to permit better land development in Staunton Creek, Aberdeen, continued. By the end of the year, one thousand feet of the sixty-foot wide nullah had been completed and also a road bridge over the nullah.
4.47. Trunk sewers to relieve the overloaded existing sewers were constructed in Chai Wan, Happy Valley, Wan Chai and Hollywood Road. Special attention has been given to the design and immediate construction of many other sewers to cater for the present and future requirements.
4.48. Extensions of the existing and newly constructed stormwater drains in the Central Reclamation areas continued. The work will facilitate the completion of reclamation works and permit better utilization of these areas.
Road Works in Kowloon
4.49. Both north-south and east-west routes across Kowloon were improved; the former by the opening of Princess Margaret Road flyover and further improvements to the major route from Tsim Sha Tsui to Lion Rock Tunnel which itself was nearing completion. The final stage of Nathan Road reconstruction was finished and extension of Lai Chi Kok Road across the reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan was nearing completion; this will additionally improve north-south communications and join up with the bridge now being built across Lai Chi Kok Bay to provide a fast route to Tsuen Wan and the Western New Territories.
4.50. East-west routes were greatly improved by the opening of Ching Cheung Road linking Tai Po and Castle Peak Roads. This provides a by-pass to Cheung Sha Wan and other industrial areas and a short traffic route from Kwun Tong and the Eastern Kowloon area to Tsuen Wan.
Drainage and Sewerage Works in Kowloon
4.51. Trunk sewers were completed in Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong and at Tai Hang Tung Road thereby relieving conditions in the existing overloaded sewers in the area.
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Drainage and Sewerage Works in Hong Kong
4.45. Repairs and improvements were put in hand on several storm- water drainage channels and culverts damaged, or which overflowed, during the June Rainstorm.
4.46. Nullah construction work to improve the present insanitary conditions and to permit better land development in Staunton Creek, Aberdeen, continued. By the end of the year, one thousand feet of the sixty-foot wide nullah had been completed and also a road bridge over the nullah.
4.47. Trunk sewers to relieve the overloaded existing sewers were constructed in Chai Wan, Happy Valley, Wan Chai and Hollywood Road. Special attention has been given to the design and immediate construction of many other sewers to cater for the present and future requirements.
4.48. Extensions of the existing and newly constructed stormwater drains in the Central Reclamation areas continued. The work will facilitate the completion of reclamation works and permit better utiliza- tion of these areas.
Road Works in Kowloon
4.49. Both north-south and east-west routes across Kowloon were improved; the former by the opening of Princess Margaret Road flyover and further improvements to the major route from Tsim Sha Tsui to Lion Rock Tunnel which itself was nearing completion. The final stage of Nathan Road reconstruction was finished and extension of Lai Chi Kok Road across the reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan was nearing com- pletion; this will additionally improve north-south communications and join up with the bridge now being built across Lai Chi Kok Bay to provide a fast route to Tsuen Wan and the Western New Territories.
4.50. East-west routes were greatly improved by the opening of Ching Cheung Road linking Tai Po and Castle Peak Roads. This provides a by-pass to Cheung Sha Wan and other industrial areas and a short traffic route from Kwun Tong and the Eastern Kowloon area to Tsuen Wan.
Drainage and Sewerage Works in Kowloon
4.51. Trunk sewers were completed in Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong and at Tai Hang Tung Road thereby relieving conditions in the existing overloaded sewers in the area.
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