Kennedy Road, was progressing satisfactorily. The road widening of Kennedy Road between St. Joseph's College and Macdonnell Road was completed.
9.15 All the ground level works for the Waterfront Road project, designed to provide a high capacity route to link the Central District with the Cross Harbour Tunnel and North Point have been completed and the Tsing Fung Street Flyover linking the Waterfront Road to King's Road was opened to traffic in February 1972. The widening of Connaught Road Central between Edinburgh Place and Queen Victoria Street progressed satisfactorily with completed portions being opened to traffic. A new contract was let for the road widening of Connaught Road between Queen Victoria Street and Rumsey Street.
9.16 The major road improvement to the Pokfulam Road/Bonham Road/Hill Road junction progressed satisfactorily with portions of the new carriageway being available to traffic. In conjunction with the Wongneichong Gap Road widening, the new formation for the Cricket Club was completed.
9.17 Work also began in October on the construction of a new road linking Wongneichong Gap and Wong Chuk Hang.
9.18 New roads were constructed and existing roads extended or widened to provide access to new developments in Chai Wan, Tin Hau Temple Road Area, Jardine's Lookout and Red Hill.
Roadworks in Kowloon
9.19 With the last of the five flyovers to be opened in April 1972, the $40 million flyover complex at Kowloon City and San Po Kong is nearing successful completion. It is expected that the traffic volumes will steadily increase from the present 80,000 to 120,000 vehicles per day as a result of the improved road conditions. To meet this increased volume of vehicular traffic, complete reconstruction of Prince Edward Road to the east of San Po Kong Interchange was in progress.
9.20 Reconstruction and improvements to the junction of Princess Margaret Road/Wylie Road progressed well in readiness for the opening of the Cross Harbour Tunnel, while planning of further widening of Princess Margaret Road between Wylie Road and Argyle Street was well advanced.
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