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Friday, June 1, 1973
ANOTHER LINK IN KOWLOON FOOTHILLS CORRIDOR NETWORK
The Nam Cheong Interchange, an integral part of the Kowloon
Foothills Road Corridor, will soon be built at the junction of Nam
Cheong Street and Lung Cheung Road.
The corridor aims at providing a high quality highway linking
the industrial areas of San Po Kong and Kwun Tong in the east and Tsuen
Wan
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Kwai Chung in the west.
Estimated to cost $10 million, the interchange will allow
uninterrupted traffic flow along Lung Cheung Road.
Traffic from the west will be able to enter Nam Cheong Street
from Lung Cheung Road via an 18-foot underpass; while traffic from the
east will be able to enter by a slip road.
A 24-foot wide bridge spanning Lung Cheung Road will allow
eastbound traffic from Nam Cheong Street to enter Lung Cheung Road. A
footbridge will be provided on the bridge for pedestrians.
The bridge will also provide vehicle access to the residential
area which is being formed to the north of the road junction. Site formation
and ancillary works are well underway for this project.
Another footbridge to the east of the road junction will enable
the anticipated heavy pedestrian movement from the Tai Wor Ping cottage
aree and the residential area to cross Lung Cheung Road in safety.
The works are expected to take 21 months.
Note to Editors:
Copies of a sketch of the interchange are boxed this evening.
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