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Sunday, January 14, 1973
CONNAUGHT ROAD WIDENING PROJECT NEARING COMPLETION
Work on the widening of Connaught Road Central from Edinburgh
Place to Rumsey Street is nearing completion.
The final phase of the widening work is now being carried out
in front of the Fire Brigade Building.
The widened road, a part of the Connaught Road Improvement Scheme,
will provide two 44-foot-wide carriageways with four lanes each, with a
central turfed divider along the entire length of the road.
Also included in the Scheme is an elevated walkway system which
will enable pedestrians to travel more quickly and safely in the Central
District.
The system will run above the northern footpath of Connaught Road
Central between Pedder Street and Gilman Street. Its eastern end will link
up with another footbridge network being built by the Hong Kong Land & Investment
Co.
Note to Editors:
Copies of a photograph showing the
stretch of Connaught Road Central from the
Realty Building to Rumsey Street are available
for collection in the G.I.S. press room,
Release Time:
3.00 p.m.