SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1978
FLYOVER TO LINK POK FU LAM ROAD WITH
CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST *****
A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR FLYOVER FROM POK FU LAM ROAD TO CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST WILL SOON BE BUILT AS PART OF THE MID-LEVELS TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT SCHEME.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 660-METRE ELEVATED ROAD AND THE RE-ALIGNMENT OF A SECTION OF HILL ROAD AND MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING DRAINAGE WORKS, ARE BEING INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS (HONG KONG) DIVISION, MR. K.Y. HO, SAID TODAY CONSTRUCTION ON THE TWO-LANE FLYOVER WAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN APRIL AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 26 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ON COMPLETION, THE FLYOVER WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN POK FU LAM AND WESTERN DISTRICT.
+WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN ABERDEEN AND POK FU LAM AREAS, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS ON THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORK LINKING THE CENTRAL DISTRICT WITH ABERDEEN AND POK FU LAM AREAS,+ MR. HO EXPLAINED.
+TO CATER FOR THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC NEED, MAJOR ROAD WIDENING WORKS ARE ALSO BEING CARRIED OUT IN POK FU LAM ROAD AND SHEK PAI WAN ROAD,+ HE ADDED.
TENDERS FOR ROADS AND DRAINAGE IN EAST TSIM SHA TSUI AREA
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND DRAINAGE IN THE EAST TSIM SHA TSUI AREA.
THE AREA INVOLVED IS BOUNDED BY CHATHAM ROAD, CHEONG WAN ROAD AND SALISBURY ROAD EXTENSION.
MR. TOM ARMOUR, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, SAID: THIS IS THE FIRST STAGE OF PROVIDING THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO KEEP PACE WITH THE COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THE AREA.
+ THE NEW ROAD WILL SERVE THREE HOTEL COMPLEXES, A CINEMA AND THREE COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WHICH NEED DIRECT CONNECTION TO MAIN ROADS AND DRAINAGE.+
FOOTWAYS AND PEDESTRIAN WAYS, HE ADDED, WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED.
WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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