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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1977
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FLYOVER COMPLEX FOR TSUEN WAN
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A MAJOR FLYOVER COMPLEX AT THE JUNCTION OF TEXACO ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN TSUEN WAN WILL SHORTLY BE BUILT TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT THIS ROAD JUNCTION.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT AND IS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK WERE INVITED TODAY BY THE HIHGWAYS OFFICE OF THE P.W.D.
MR. CHEN SHAO-CHI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (N.T.) DIVISION, SAID WORK WOULD BEGIN IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 27 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
+THE WORK WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 230-METRE-LONG FLYOVER WHICH WILL CARRY FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC OVER CASTLE PEAK ROAD, HE SAID.
+FROM THIS JUNCTION IT WILL CONNECT WITH THE ROAD SYSTEM WHICH IS BEING BUILT AS PART OF TSUEN WAN NORTH DEVELOPMENT STAGE ONE.+
MR. CHEN SAID THAT SLIP ROADS WOULD ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED TO LINK CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH TEXACO ROAD AND WITH KWOK SHUI ROAD.
IN ADDITION, THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF SHING MUN ROAD WOULD BE WIDENED AND REALIGNED, AND AT LEAST 250 METRES OF KWOK SHU! ROAD WOULD BE RECONSTRUCTED.
TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS AND TO MINIMISE THE INTERFERENCE TO TRAFFIC, HE ADDED, GRADE SEPARATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WOULD BE PROVIDED BY SEPARATE RAMPS AND STAIRS TO THE FLYOVER.
TWO PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS WOULD BE BUILT -- ONE ACROSS TEXACO ROAD AND THE OTHER ACROSS THE LINK ROAD FROM KWOK SHUI ROAD TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD, AND A FOOTBRIDGE WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE JUNCTION OF SHING MUN ROAD, KWOK SHUI ROAD AND THE EXTENDED TEXACO ROAD.
MR. CHEN POINTED OUT THAT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME DELAYS TO TRAFFIC.
HOWEVER, HE ADDED THAT THE SCHEME HAD BEEN DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE DELAY WOULD BE REDUCED TO THE MINIMUM.
AT THE SAME TIME, TENDERS WERE ALSO INVITED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION OF YIP SHING STREET AT KWAI CHUNG.
MR. CHEN