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Tuesday, October 23, 1973
MORE FLYOVERS PLANNED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW
$800 Million To Be Spent Over Next Five Years
A stepped-up programme of flyover construction will give urban
areas of Hong Kong an increasingly new look over the next few years and
ease the pressure of traffic on many busy road intersections.
Plans are already in hand to build another 20 flyover and inter-
change complexes over the next five years, at an estimated cost of some
$800 million.
The programme is part of a long-term effort to eliminate the
worsening traffic bottlenecks brought about by the rapid increase in
the number of vehicles.
Despite the introduction of various special traffic arrangements
and the installation of traffic light signal controls, more radical
measures are needed to combat congestion at some locations.
The best method to overcome the problem is to provide flyovers
at intersections where the worst congestion occurs, a spokesman for
the Public Works Department said.
Over the past 12 years, 26 flyovers have been built at a cost
of about $130 million.
Thirteen more including one on Hong Kong Island
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are under
construction.
Before the year ends, two interchanges will be completed. They
are the Pillar Island Interchange and the Lion Rock Interchange.
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