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Monday, January 21, 1974
LANTAU ROAD WIDENING SCHEME
A $12 million improvement scheme to widen South Lantau
Road from Cheung Sha to Tong Fuk is expected to begin in April.
The section of the road to be improved measures about two miles
in length, most of which is at present only single-lane.
A spokesman for the Public Works Department said today that the
design of the improvement works had been substantially completed.
The improved road will have a two-lane carriageway 24 feet wide
and a six-foot footpath. It will follow the existing road alignment for
most of its length, except for a few short sections where re-alignment
will be carried out to eliminate dangerous bends.
At the same time, road improvement work will also be carried out
at places further down the road between Tong Fuk and Shek Pik.
At present, the two sections of South Lantau Road that can accommodate
two-lane traffic are from Mui Wo to Cheung Sha and from Keung Shan to
Tai 0, with a small section running across the Shek Pik Dam.
With the road improvement work on the section. from Cheung Sha
to Tong Fuk, the eastern section of South Lantau Road open to two-lane
traffic will extend from Mui Wo to Tong Fuk for a total of about seven milos.
The work is expected to be completed by the end of 1976.
Plans are also in hand to widen and improve the remaining single-lane
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section of the road from Tong Fuk to Keung Shan.
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