5.105. The report of the T.T.S.U. on the North East Kowloon Corridor Road Network was processed through the Transport Advisory Committee and Roads Committee. Following general acceptance of the scheme, preliminary designs for the improvement of Kowloon City Roundabout, Prince Edward Road and Choi Hung Roundabout were prepared.
5.106. A preliminary report was completed on the replanning of the traffic network in the Central District of Hong Kong Island.
5.107. A large number of designs for individual intersection improvements of various types was completed during the year. Among the more important junctions considered were Gascoigne Road and Wylie Road, Princess Margaret Road and Wylie Road, Jordan Road and Gascoigne Road, and Boundary Street and Tai Hang Tung Road. The design of a linked signal system for Leighton Road was also completed.
5.108. On a smaller scale but nevertheless involving appreciable time and effort, proposals for 22 schools, 18 cinemas and 12 petrol filling stations were considered, together with a large number of private development schemes, to ensure the provision of satisfactory access roads, parking and loading facilities.
General
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SURVEY UNIT
Officer-in-charge:
S. A. BARDEN, B.Sc.(Eng.)(Hons.), A.M.I.C.E.
NIP Kam-fan, M.A., M.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.H.E. (Acting)
5.109. The Traffic and Transport Survey Unit was set up in April 1967, as a separate unit to continue the work started by the Passenger Transport Survey Unit. Its function is to act as a service agency to any Government Department requiring surveys or data connected with the movement of people or goods.
5.110. The progress of the surveys commissioned is regularly reviewed by a Priorities Committee comprising the Director of Engineering Development, the Commissioner for Transport, the Assistant Superintendent of Crown Lands (Planning), the Government Civil Engineer, the Chief Engineer of the Traffic Engineering Division, the Officer-in-charge of the Unit and representatives from client departments. Findings from
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5.105. The report of the T.T.S.U. on the North East Kowloon Cor- ridor Road Network was processed through the Transport Advisory Committee and Roads Committee. Following general acceptance of the scheme, preliminary designs for the improvement of Kowloon City Roundabout, Prince Edward Road and Choi Hung Roundabout were prepared.
5.106. A preliminary report was completed on the replanning of the traffic network in the Central District of Hong Kong Island.
5.107. A large number of designs for individual intersection improve- ments of various types was completed during the year. Among the more important junctions considered were Gascoigne Road and Wylie Road, Princess Margaret Road and Wylie Road, Jordan Road and Gascoigne Road, and Boundary Street and Tai Hang Tung Road. The design of a linked signal system for Leighton Road was also completed.
5.108. On a smaller scale but nevertheless involving appreciable time and effort, proposals for 22 schools, 18 cinemas and 12 petrol filling stations were considered, together with a large number of private develop- ment schemes, to ensure the provision of satisfactory access roads, parking and loading facilities.
General
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SURVEY UNIT
Officer-in-charge:
S. A. BARDEN, B.Sc. (Eng.) (Hons.), A.M.I.C.E.
NIP Kam-fan, M.A., M.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.H.E. (Acting)
5.109. The Traffic and Transport Survey Unit was set up in April 1967, as a separate unit to continue the work started by the Passenger Transport Survey Unit. Its function is to act as a service agency to any Government Department requiring surveys or data connected with the movement of people or goods.
5.110. The progress of the surveys commissioned is regularly reviewed by a Priorities Committee comprising the Director of Engineering Development, the Commissioner for Transport, the Assistant Superin- tendent of Crown Lands (Planning), the Government Civil Engineer, the Chief Engineer of the Traffic Engineering Division, the Officer-in-charge of the Unit and representatives from client departments. Findings from
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