Monday, September 24, 1973
NEW HIGHWAY TO EASE PRESSURE ON NATHAN ROAD
A major traffic route is to be built in Kowloon to serve as a
relief route for traffic at present using the already congested Nathan
Road.
It will also ease the traffic which will be generated by the re-
development of Holt's Wharf and the development of the southern part of
the Hung Hom Reclamation.
The project, estimated to cost some $26 million, comprises a
dual three-lane carriageway from Salisbury Road to Peking Road and a dual
two-lane carriageway for the elevated section over Haiphong Road, and the
remaining section through Kowloon Park to Navy Street,
Construction work is expected to start in December.
The new
road will be about 2,200 feet long and will branch out from the eastern side of
Canton Road at a point near the Canton Road Fire Station.
It will then cut across the south-western corner of the Kowloon
Park and the eastern portion of the existing Container Freight Station.
Before joining Salisbury Road near Ashley Road, it will pass to
the east of the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station main building.
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The project together with two others - Tong Mi Road Extension
and Jordan Road Interchange and Ferry Concourse will form a primary
distributor road along the western side of the Kowloon peninsula.
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