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MONDAY, MAY 3, 1976
NEW THROUGH ROUTE IN KWUN TONG OPENS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S NEW $22 MILLION WAI YIP STREET EXTENSION AND FLYOVER COMPLEX AT KWUN TONG OPENED TO TRAFFIC THIS (MONDAY) MORNING BRINGING VAST IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THE CONGESTED DISTRICT.
THE PROJECT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED OVER THE WEEKEND, TOOK 27 MONTHS TO BUILD.
IT IS DESIGNED TO EASE CONGESTION ALONG KWUN TONG ROAD AND PROVIDE A FAST ALTERNATIVE ROUTE BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND SAU MAU PING, LAM TIN AND LEI YUE MUN.
MR. CHOW CHE-KING, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SAID TODAY THE NEW COMPLEX WAS PART OF A LONG-TERM SCHEME TO PROVIDE QUICK ACCESS BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF KWUN TONG AND KWAI CHUNG,
+BUT THE TIMING OF THIS COMPLEX COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER AS IT WILL INITIALLY ENSURE CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN THE KWUN TONG AND SAU MAU PING AREAS WHEN KWUN TONG ROAD IS PARTLY CLOSED FOR MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WORKS,+ HE SAID.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT MTR WORKS ALONG KWUN TONG ROAD WILL BEGIN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS REDUCING A SECTION OF KWUN TONG ROAD TO ONLY ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
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WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW ROUTE, HOWEVER, FOUR EXTRA LANES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELLING THROUGH KWUN TONG.
THE NEW ROUTE IS ABOUT TWO KILOMETRES (6,500 FEET) LONG AND CONSISTS OF AN EXTENSION OF WAI YIP STREET AND A 190-MÈTRE (630-FOOT) OVERSPAN FROM KWUN TONG ROAD.
THE SCHEME INCORPORATES THE WIDEST ROAD SECTION SO FAR IN HONG KONG, WITH 12 LANES FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE JUNCTION OF WAI YIP STREET EXTENSION AND KWUN TONG ROAD TO THE JUNCTION OF CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD AND KWUN TONG ROAD. THIS SECTION IS ABOUT 610 METRES (2,000 FEET LONG).
AS PART OF THE PROJECT, A FOOTBRIDGE HAS BEEN PROVIDED NEAR ST. JOSEPH'S ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL TO ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS THE ROAD IN SAFETY.
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