FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1976
ANOTHER MAJOR INTERCHANGE FOR KOWLOON
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK IN FEBRUARY ON ANOTHER STAGE IN THE $300 MILLION ROUTE 3 SCHEME, DESIGNED TO CUT TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND URBAN KOWLOON.
THE LATEST WORKS WILL INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR INTERCHANGE NEAR THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL AT HUNG HOM, WITH ASSOCIATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT IS BEING CALLED AND A CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED NEXT MONTH.
MR. CHOW CHE-KING, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID TODAY THE PROJECT WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS.
+BASICALLY, THE WORKS WILL INVOLVE BUILDING A 160-METRE VEHICULAR SUBWAY FROM CHATHAM ROAD TO STATION LANE TO PROVIDE DIRECT RIGHT TURNING MOVEMENT FOR TRAFFIC FROM CHATHAM ROAD.
+AT THE SAME TIME THE SECTION OF CHATHAM ROAD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH WU HU STREET WILL BE WIDENED TO PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS FROM CHATHAM ROAD TO PING CHI STREET AND WU HU STREET,+ HE SAID.
MR. CHOW SAID A FOOTBRIDGE AND SUBWAY SYSTEM WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED TO ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS THE ROADS IN SAFETY.
THE NEW COMPLEX, KNOWN AS WU HU INTERCHANGE, FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ROUTE 3 A SIX-KILOMETRE HIGH-CAPACITY ROUTE BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND HUNG HOM VIA A 130-METRE TUNNEL LINK UNDER THE AIRPORT RUNWAY.
THE WỤ HU INTERCHANGE IS ONE OF THREE MAJOR COMPLEXES IN THE WESTERN APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT TUNNEL.
IS ALREADY
WORK ON THE FIRST -- SAN SHAN INTERCHANGE UNDERWAY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS WU HU INTERCHANGE.
THESE COMPLEXES WILL BE LINKED VIA A 1,100-METRE ELEVATED ROAD OVER KOWLOON CITY ROAD.
RUNNING EAST FROM THE TUNNEL LINK, ROUTE 3 WILL CROSS THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION WHERE THE P.W.D.'S PORT WORKS DIVISION HAS ALREADY FORMED SOME 180 HECTARES OF LAND FOR FUTURE ROAD AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
WORK IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ON ONE OF THE ROADS TO CONNECT WAI YIP STREET EXTENSION WITH A THIRD INTERCHANGE AT THE EASTERN END OF THE AIRPORT TUNNEL,
THE WHOLE ROUTE 3 SCHEME SHOULD BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC IN 1980.
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