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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1975
PRELIMINARY MTR WORKS IN KWUN TONG TO START NEXT MONTH
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WORK IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH ON UTILITY DIVERSIONS AND PRELIMINARY ROADWORKS IN KWUN TONG ROAD AT THE JUNCTION WITH HIP WO STREET AND HOI YUEN ROAD.
THIS WORK IS TO BE CARRIED OUT TO PREPARE FOR A MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OVERHEAD SECTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, INCLUDING KWUN TONG STATION WHICH
IS TO BE CARRIED OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
THE SCHEME WILL ENABLE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT IN KWUN TONG ROAD TO CONTINUE WHILST THE RAILWAY IS BEING BUILT.
THE OVERHEAD SECTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WILL BE LOCATED, WHERE POSSIBLE, WITHIN THE EXISTING KWUN TONG ROAD RESERVE IN ORDER TO KEEP INTERFERENCE TO EXISTING BUILDINGS TO A MINIMUM.
A VEHICULAR UNDERPASS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO TAKE KWUN TONG ROAD TRAFFIC UNDER THE JUNCTION WITH HIP WO STREET, AS PART OF A MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME IN THE AREA.
THIS WILL INVOLVE CONSIDERABLE TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING, AND THE CONTRACT FOR UTILITY DIVERSIONS AND PRELIMINARY ROADWORKS WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION ON KWUN TONG ROAD DURING THE PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY,
THE REMAINING TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED INTO WAI YIP STREET, WHICH IS TO BE EXTENDED FROM ITS PRESENT TERMINAL POINT AT KING YIP STREET TO JOIN UP WITH THE EXISTING CHA KWO LING ROAD.
WHEN COMPLETED, KWUN TONG STATION WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 219 METRES LONG AND WILL PROVIDE THE DENSELY POPULATED INDUSTRIAL AREA OF KWUN TONG WITH A FAST AND REGULAR TRAIN SERVICE TO HONG KONG AND OTHER PARTS OF KOWLOON.
THE PRELIMINARY ROADWORKS ARE DUE TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND THE MAIN MASS TRANSIT WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN MAY 1976. THE WHOLE WORK IS DUE FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF 1979.
A PLAN SHOWING THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE PROJECT MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING, HONG KONG, OR AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON. THE PLAN IS ALSO ON DISPLAY AT THE KUUN TONG CITY DISTRICT OFFICE.
A NOTICE GAZETTED TODAY STIPULATES THAT ANY PERSON MAKING A CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION MUST SEND HIS CLAIM IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE CLAIM MUST REACH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF i CLOSURE OF THE STREET OR FROM THE COMPLETION OF THE SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION WHICH IS ALLEGED TO HAVE CAUSED PECUNIARY LOSS OR DAMAGE.