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Friday, December 21, 1973
FLYOVER TO LINK GARDEN ROAD AND QUEENSWAY
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The Public Works Department is proposing to construct a flyover
from Garden Road to Queensway.
At present traffic proceeding down Garden Road and wishing to
travel east along Queensway must pass through the busy junction of Garden
Road and Queensway, and then go round the Hong Kong Cricket Club Ground
by way of Jackson, Chater and Murray Roads.
The proposed 700-foot long flyover will provide a two-lane one
way direct traffic route from Garden Road, passing over the signal controlled
junction into the eastbound lane of Queensway.
A footway will be provided integrally with the flyover with branches
to link the Multi-Storey Carpark, the Hilton Hotel high level promenade
hijnt with jokhaven
and the existing footbridge at Queensway over Cotton Tree Drive.
An additional footbridge is also included in the project to give
safe pedestrian access across Connaught Road Central at its junction with
Murray Road.
Minor ground level improvements will be carried out as part of the
scheme to facilitate ground level traffic circulation in the general area.
An announcement in the Government Gazette giving notice of an
order to be made under the Streets (Alteration) Ordinance is made today.
The closing date for objections will be January 21, 1974, and any claims
for compensation should be made by February 21, 1974.
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