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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1977
SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO BE WIDENED ******
THE SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN TEXACO ROAD AND THE EASTERN END OF TUEN MUN ROAD AT CHAI WAN KOK WILL BE WIDENDED SHORTLY TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN TRAFFIC
IN TSUEN WAN AREA.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. CHEN SHAO-CHI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID: THIS SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD HAS FOUR TRAFFIC LANES. IT IS AN IMPORTANT CIRCULATORY ROAD IN TSUEN WAN AND A THROUGH ROUTE FOR TRAFFIC PROCEEDING BEYOND TSUEN WAN.
+WITH THE COMPLETION OF STAGE ONE OF TUEN MUN ROAD EARLY NEXT YEAR AND THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TSUEN WAN, TRAFFIC IN THE AREA WILL INCREASE CONSIDERABLY.+
TO COPE WITH THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, HE SAID, THIS ROAD SECTION WOULD BE WIDENED FROM DUAL TWO-LANE TO DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, MAKING CASTLE PEAK ROAD SIX LANES THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH FROM KWAI CHUNG ROAD TO TUEN MUN ROAD.
WORK ON THIS PROJECT WOULD BEGIN IN DECEMBER AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
IT WOULD INCLUDE THE STRENGTHENING OF THE EXISTING ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE NULLAH AT TAI CHUNG ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE WIDENDED CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTPATHS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STEEL FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NULLAH,
MR. CHEN SAID THAT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, FOUR TRAFFIC LANES, TWO IN EACH DIRECTION, WOULD BE MAINTAINTED AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES WOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT PERIOD.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND THE WORK WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
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