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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1977
ELEVATED ROAD ON KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION PROPOSED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO BUILD AN ELEVATED ROAD ON KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION LINKING THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH WAI YIP STREET AND KWUN TONG ROAD.
IT IS PART OF THE TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM WHICH WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE EAST-WEST ROUTE FROM KWUN TONG TO HUNG HOM VIA THE AIR- PORT TUNNEL ROAD.
THE ELEVATED ROAD WILL BE ABOUT 800 METRES IN LENGTH AND WILL HAVE DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAYS WITH RAMPS TO WAI YIP STREET AND THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD AND A LINK TO THE ELEVATED ROADWAY IN KWUN TONG ROAD BEING BUILT BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.
UNDER THE PROJECT, PARTS OF WAI YIP STREET WILL ALSO BE WIDENED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AT GROUND LEVEL. ROADWORKS WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT AT GROUND LEVEL NEAR THE SPOT WHERE THE ELEVATED ROAD CONNECTS WITH THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD.
TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A FOOTBRIDGE OVER WAI YIP STREET WITH A RAMP TO TAI YIP STREET.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS PUBLISHED TODAY IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE GIVING NOTICE OF AN ORDER TO BE MADE UNDER THE STREETS (ALTERATION) ORDINANCE FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR OBJECTIONS WILL BE NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 23. 1978 AND ANY CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION MUST BE MADE BY FEBRUARY 23, 1978.
MEANWHILE, WORKS ON OTHER PROJECTS UNDER THE TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS ROUTE 3, ARE PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.
THEY INCLUDE THE SAN SHAN INTERCHANGE, THE WU HU INTERCHANGE AND THE EAST KOWLOON WAY.
WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON ONE OF THE ROADS WHICH WILL CONNECT WAI YIP STREET EXTENSION WITH A THIRD INTERCHANGE AT THE EASTERN END OF THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD. CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THIS INTERCHANGE WILL BEGIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE WHOLE ROUTE 3 SCHEME IS SCHEDULED TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN 1980.
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