THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1977
FLYOVER TO LINK POK FU LAM AND WESTERN WATERFRONT ******
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO BUILD A TWO-LANE FLYOVER TO PROVIDE A NEW ROUTE FROM POK FU LAM TO CENTRAL.
THE FLYOVER, WHICH STARTS FROM NO. 79B POK FU LAM ROAD, WILL RUN ALONG HILL ROAD TO CONNECT WITH CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH WATER STREET.
A SPOKESMAN FOR P.W.D. SAID THAT WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN ABERDEEN AND POK FU LAM AREAS, THERE HAD BEEN A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS ON THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORK BETWEEN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND ABERDEEN AND POK FU LAM AREAS.
+ IN VIEW OF THIS, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS CARRIED OUT IMPROVEMENTS WORKS TO THE MAJOR TRAFFIC ROUTES IN THE AREA SUCH AS SHEK PAI WAN ROAD AND POK FU LAM ROAD,+ HE SAID.
+A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERSECTION HAS ALSO BEEN BUILT AT THE JUNCTION OF POK FU LAM ROAD AND BONHAM ROAD.+
+ THE PROPOSED FLYOVER, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, +AIMS TO AVOID CHANNELLING MORE TRAFFIC ON TO THE ALREADY CONGESTED CARRIAGEWAYS IN THE MID-LEVELS.+
THE PROPOSED WORKS WILL INVOLVE ALTERATIONS TO THE ALIGNMENT, WIDTH AND LEVELS OF A SECTION OF HILL ROAD AND THE STEPS ADJACENT TO BUILDING NO. 798 POK FU LAM ROAD. NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED UNDERTAKING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EARLIER THIS MONTH.
HARBOUR TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT *****
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT FOUR CONICAL BUOYS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE HARBOUR OFF THE FORMER HOLT'S WHARF IN TSIM SHA TSUI TO FACILITATE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TUNNELLING WORKS.
ALL VESSELS ARE URGED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THE AREA AND TO KEEP SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERNMOST BUOY.
THIS ARRANGEMENT IS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS.
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