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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1976
TWO MAJOR ROADS FOR TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO BUILD TWO MAJOR ROADS AT TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
ALTOGETHER 1,470 METRES OF ROADS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS WILL BE COMPLETED IN TWO CONTRACTS TO BE LET BY THE P.W.D. IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
THE FIRST OF THE WORKS WILL BE ON TSING YI ISLAND WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 800 METRES OF SURFACED ROADS WITH FOOTPATHS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE CARRIED OUT.
THE P.W.D.'S TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER, MR. KEITH AUSTIN, SAID TODAY THAT STORM-WATER DRAINS, SEWERS AND OTHER UTILITY SERVICES WOULD BE LAID IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROADWORKS. HE SAID WORK WOULD START NEXT MONTH AND WOULD TAKE 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
+THE NEW ROAD WILL SERVE A LARGE NEW ESTATE NOW BEING BUILT ON TSING YI ISLAND WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE NEW TOWN PLAN FOR AN EVENTUAL POPULATION OF 185,000, + SAID MR. AUSTIN.
+ THE TWIN TOWER BLOCKS NOW VISIBLE ON THE SKYLINE ABOVE THE TSING YI BRIDGE WILL, WHEN COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR, HOUSE 23,000 PEOPLE,+ HE SAID.
+WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED ON THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS ESTATE WITH TWO MORE TWIN TOWER BLOCKS TO HOUSE 11,000 WITH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER FACILITIES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.+
THE SECOND ROAD PROJECT, FOR WHICH TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED, INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROAD JOINING KWAI FUK ROAD IN KWAI CHUNG TO TEXACO ROAD, TSUEN WAN.
THIS IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE ROAD SYSTEM IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE LINK BETWEEN CENTRAL TSUEN WAN AND KOWLOON, BY-PASSING THE BUSY JUNCTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND KWAI CHUNG ROAD.
ABOUT 670 METRES OF 3-LANE CARRIAGEWAY WITH FOOTPATHS EITHER SIDE AND A PUBLIC CARPARK WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS, WHILE LAND ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE NEW ROAD WILL BE LEVELLED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
THE WORK WILL BEGIN IN DECEMBER AND TAKE 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE ROAD HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
THIS NEW WORK IS PART OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO PROVIDE THE NEW TOWN WITH MODERN, CONVENIENT ACCESSES TO ALL CENTRES.
IN THE LONG TERM THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS WILL PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN KWAI CHUNG ROAD AND THE NEW TUEN MUN ROAD BY 1981.
THE BY-PASS WILL SPAN THE KWAI CHUNG RECLAMATION AREA AND TSUEN WAN BAY, AND INTERCHANGES WILL PROVIDE CONNECTIONS WITH THE KWAI CHUNG ROAD SYSTEM, THE TSING YI BRIDGE, TEXACO ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD AT THE WESTERN END OF THE TOWN.
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