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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1977
EASTERN WATERFRONT ROAD ON HONG KONG ISLAND
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BEGIN WORK LATER THIS YEAR ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROPOSED $400 MILLION-PLUS COASTAL ROUTE BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND SHAU KEI WAN.
AUTHORITY IS NOW BEING SOUGHT FOR RECLAIMING NEW LAND AT THE EASTERN CORNER OF CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTER FOR A SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY, AND FOR ESTABLISHING THE ALIGNMENT FOR THE ELEVATED ROAD ALONG THE WATERFRONT BETWEEN THE TYPHOON SHELTER AND HEALTHY STREET WEST, NORTH POINT.
NOTICES TO THIS EFFECT ARE PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE WHICH STIPULATE THAT OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM TODAY.
MR. GORDON SAPSTEAD, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D. SAID TODAY THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SCHEME CONSISTED OF A TWO-KILOMETRE ELEVATED ROAD RUNNING ALONG THE WATERFRONT FROM VICTORIA PARK TO NORTH POINT.
+ IT IS BEING DESIGNED AS A FAST, HIGH-CAPACITY ROUTE WHICH WILL TAKE MUCH OF THE PRESSURE OF EXISTING ROADS IN THE AREA PARTICULARLY KING'S ROAD AND PROVIDE FAST AND CONVENIENT ACCESS BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS, HE SAID.
THREE LANES FOR AND WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF HOUR, HE ADDED.
+THE NEW HIGHWAY WILL HAVE SIX LANES TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION APPROXIMATELY 6,000 CARS PER
MR. SAPSTEAD SAID THAT TWO MAJOR INTERCHANGES WERE PLANNED AT EACH END OF THE HIGHWAY - ONE AT THE CAUSEWAY BAY END GIVING ACCESS TO VICTORIA PARK ROAD, AND ANOTHER AT THE NORTH POINT END WITH SLIP ROADS TO JAVA ROAD AND KING'S ROAD.
TWO SLIP ROADS WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED AT NORTH POINT ROAD AND TONG SHUI ROAD.
MR. SAPSTEAD SAID THAT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION COULD
COMMENCE IT WAS NECESSARY TO DESIGNATE A STRIP OF FORESHORE AND SEABED BETWEEN THE CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTER AND HEALTHY STREET WEST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED ELEVATED HIGHWAY.
+MOST OF THE HIGHWAY WILL BE RUNNING OVER THE SEA AND SOME 75 PIERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE ELEVATED DECK STRUCTURE, + HE SAID.
HE SAID THE SUPPORTING PIERS WOULD RISE TO ABOUT 10 TO 12 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND WOULD BE SPACED AT 25-METRE INTERVALS,
+ IT IS PROPOSED TO RECLAIM ABOUT 1.5 HECTARES OF LAND IN THE EASTERN CORNER OF THE CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS FOR THE VICTORIA PARK INTERCHANGE, SAID MR. SAPSTEAD.
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