Monday, July 3, 1972
A two-way flyover spanning Gascoigne Road for traffic between Chatham
and Princess Margaret Roads has been in operation since October 1969. The
alignment and level of Princess Margaret Road are also being altered so that
northbound traffic from the tunnel can pass over southbound traffic to Tsim
Sha Tsui, A part of Chatham Road is being re-graded and re-aligned to a standard
three-lane dual carriageway. Princess Margaret Road is also being widened from
its junction with Gascoigne Road to Wylie Road.
Access to the Technical College will be via an underpass from Chatham
Road to old On Fat Road for the period of approximately one year until work is
sufficiently advanced on the Austin Road Extension Project due to commence at
the end of this year. Subways and a footbridge across the tunnel approach road
will give pedestrians direct access between the Technical College and the Hung
Hon bus terminus and ferry piers; subways elsewhere allow ground-level footpaths
to pass below roads on embankments.
Difficulties
It was intended originally that the tunnel would be opened in 1970
and the Waterfront Road from Arsenal Street to Victoria Park was planned to be
ready then so that it could cater for the increased flow of traffic. Much of
this road was to be on land reclaimed under the Wan Chai reclamation scheme.
Difficulties were encountered in 1966/1967 in obtaining filling from the usual
sources which were private site
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development schemes. A special site-formation
contract in the Tin Hau Temple area was let together with contracts for transporting
filling material by barge from Kowloon to meet the then expected deadline.
/In advance