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TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1975
PROGRESS ON ROUTE 4 HIGHWAY
FUNG MO FLYOVER WILL CARRY 15,000 VEHICLES A DAY
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THE FUNG MO INTERCHANGE, WHICH OPENS TO TRAFFIC AT 10 A.M. TOMORROW, IS THE THIRD FLYOVER JUNCTION TO BE COMPLETED AND FULLY OPENED ALONG THE FIVE-HILE LENGTH OF THE KOWLOON FOOTHILLS CORRIDOR ROUTE BETWEEN LAI CHI KOK AND CHOI HUNG.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT TODAY THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS ROUTE, KNOWN OFFICIALLY AS ROUTE 4, IS TO SPEED THE FLOW OF THROUGH TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE TSUEN VÁN AND KWUN TONG AREAS.
THE FUNG MO INTERCHANGE WILL FURTHER THIS PROCESS, HE SAID. ITS FLYOVER, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CARRY 15,000 VEHICLES A DAY, WILL ENABLE MOTORISTS TRAVELLING EAST ALONG LUNG CHEUNG ROAD TO MOVE SOUTH ON TO FUNG MO STREET WITHOUT STOPPING BY TAKING THE NEW SLIP LANE TO THE LEFT. CONVERSELY, MOTORISTS TRAVELLING NORTH ALONG FUNG MO STREET AND WISHING TO GO EASTWARD ALONG LUNG CHEUNG ROAD WILL DO SO VIA THE FLYOVER.
THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GROUND-LEVEL ROAD WORK ON THE FUNG MO INTERCHANGE STARTED IN APRIL 1972 WHILE WORK ON THE ELEVATED FLYOVER ITSELF GOT UNDER WAY IN LATE 1973. THE TOTAL COST IS ABOUT $11 MILLION.
THE SHA TIN PASS ROAD PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE PROJECT, IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS' TIME. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA.
ALTOGETHER THERE WILL BE 11 INTERCHANGES ALONG ROUTE 4. APART FROM FUNG MO, TWO OTHERS ARE ALREADY IN FULL OPERATION LION ROCK AND PIPER'S HILL INTERCHANGES. FURTHER, THE PO KONG AND CHOI HUNG INTERCHANGES, ALTHOUGH INCOMPLETE, HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OPENED TO TRAFFIC.
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NOTE TO EDITORS: AN ARTIST'S IMPRESSION OF THE COMPLETED FUNG MO
FLYOVER WILL BE BOXED FOR COLLECTION LATER TODAY.
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