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¥.3.4(July 77)3*4 BUS TERMINI AID SHELTERSGovernment is statutorily responsible for providing parkingand turn-around facilities at bus route termini. The bus companiesare responsible for keeping the termini clean, and for removingoil deposits from pavement surfaces.The bus companies are responsible for providing and maintainingcanteen and latrine facilities for their employees are requiredby the Commissioner for Transport* Such facilities are normallyrequired at termini, and* together with other requirements ofthe bus companies such as regulators f * offices, may be constructedby Government as works on private account at the bus companiesexpense.Termini are designed and constructed by the Highways WorksDivision, who may either include the works on private account withtheir termini works or arrange for the Architectural Office tocarry them out.3.4.2 Bus Stops and SheltersThe bus companies are statutorily responsible for providingand maintaining bus-stop canopies, shelters and queue railings asrequired by the Commissioner for Transport. TO ensure uniformity,such installations are constructed and maintained by the HighwaysWorks Divisions as works on private account at the bus companiesexpense.The provision and maintenance of bus- stop lighting,signs and poles, including the payment of electricity charges isundertaken by the bus companies themselves.Cleanliness of bus-stops and bus-bays, including theremoval of rubbish from bus-shelter roofs, is the responsibilityof the Urban Services Department. The removal of unauthorisedadvertising from bus-shelters is considered to be maintenance andas such a responsibility of the Highways Works Divisions.3*4*3 Departmental Overhead ChargesDepartmental overhead charges for works in connection withbus services are made at the following notes:Bus-stop shelters, canopies and queue railsCanteens, latrines, regulators' officesand all other works on private account .... ........... 20$3.4.4 Repair ,Qf a,cc j.d.csntal,,..Where repairs to shelters are occasioned by traffic accidents,the procedure in Chapter 8 of Vol." II relating to damage toGovernment property should :b© followed.