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Tuesday, October 2, 1973
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN NEW TERRITORIES
Flans are in hand to improve Luk Keng Road in Sha Tau Kok which
will form á crucial link in a road development programme in the area.
The road, which leads from Wu Shek Kok to Luk Keng, will be
realigned while the carriageway will be widened from 10 feet to 22 feet
and developed into a two-way through road with a five-foot footpath on
one side of it.
At present the road has an uneven surface and many sharp bends,
and accommodates only one-way traffic.
The widened road will eventually form a part of a circular
route running through Tai Po, Tai Mei Tuk, Luk Keng and Fanling.
A government spokesman said it was considered advisable to
improve the Luk Keng section at this early stage because once the circular
route was completed the volume of traffic in the area was expected to
increase rapidly.
Reclamation work will be carried out in the Starling Inlet in
connection with the widening project, and a bridge structure will be
constructed along 1,000 feet of the foreshore to accommodate the widened road.
After the realignment, Luk Keng Road will be over one mile long.
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