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COMMUNICATIONS
A new railway terminus is to be built at Hung Hom to replace the existing terminal station at Tsim Sha Tsui. The first stage of the project has been completed; land was reclaimed from the sea at Ho Tung Lau, Sha Tin and a workshop complex was built on it to replace the old railway workshops in Kowloon, and at the Hung Hom terminus site some maintenance facilities for rolling stock have been provided. The second stage of the project is still on the drawing board.
ROADS
With the large and continuing increase in vehicle ownership, the rapid build-up of road traffic and near saturation of the road system, particularly in Kowloon, new road routes are being planned and work is going ahead on many major improvements to existing roads. In planning and designing these improvements, the Hong Kong Long Term Road Study Report together with the Mass Transport Study Report provide a guide to future requirements.
On Hong Kong Island, work on the Garden Road complex continued and traffic flow between the central business district and mid-levels improved as its staged implementation progressed. The widening of Upper Albert Road including the improvement of its junction with Garden Road commenced and the last remaining section of Cotton Tree Drive from the Helena May Institute to MacDonnell Road was almost completed.
The construction of the high capacity Waterfront Road, which is designed to link Central District with the cross-harbour tunnel and North Point proceeded on schedule and the three flyovers at Arsenal Street, Fleming Road and Causeway Bay were nearing com- pletion. The extension of Canal Road flyover and adjacent road- works to give direct access to the cross-harbour tunnel also com- menced. Six pedestrian footbridges crossing the Waterfront Road at regular intervals were in various stages of construction, the widen- ing of Wing Hing Street commenced and contract documents for Tsing Fung Street flyover were finalised.
The realignment and widening of sections of Chai Wan Road and Stubbs Road were completed while roadworks at Aberdeen, Chai Wan and the areas above Tin Hau Temple Road continued in conjunction with new building development. Preliminary planning was started for a primary distributor road running through North