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Thursday, April 19, 1973
PRINCES MARGARET HOSPITAL INTERCHANGE
Work To Start In June
Work is to begin in June to provide direct and convenient access to the 1,300-bed Princess Margaret Hospital, construction of which is
progressing well in advance of schedule.
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The multi-million-dollar project, to be known as the Princess Margaret Hospital Interchange, includes two flyovers totalling 1,760 feet long.
Spanning Kwai Chung Road, both flyovers will accommodate two-lane
one-way traffic between the hospital complex and the busy road area.
One of the flyovers will allow westbound traffic on Kwai Chung Road to turn right to the hospital. The other will enable vehicles leaving
the hospital to join westbound traffic on Kwai Chung Road.
Eastbound traffic will enter the hospital via Lai Chi Kok Terrace
Road. Work on the extension of this road will soon be carried out under
a separate contract.
The Interchange will also include a down ramp so that vehicles leaving
the hospital may also join eastbound traffic to Kowloon.
At the same time, both carriageways of Kwai Chung Road within the
Interchange area, and for some 1,700 feet to the west, will be widened to
four lanes,
The widened carriageways will help improve traffic flow to and from
the Container Terminal, as well as the general traffic between Kowloon and Kwai
Chung and Tsuen Wan.
Work on the foundations of the Interchange is already underway. Completion of the whole Interchange has been timed with the opening of the Princess Margaret Hospital towards the end of next year.
Note to Editors:
Copies of an artist's impression of the Interchange are distributed separately in the press boxes this evening.
Release Time:
7.00 p.m.