MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1978
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WEST KOWLOON ROAD SYSTEM TO BE IMPROVED ******
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO IMPROVE AND MODIFY THE ROAD SYSTEM IN THE WEST KOWLOON AREA LATER THIS MONTH (APRIL) SO THAT A TRAFFIC DIVERSION SCHEME AIMED AT FACILITATING MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WORK COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
THE WORK, COSTING ABOUT $3 MILLION, WILL INVOLVE ROADWORKS AS WELL AS INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS.
MR. TOM ARMOUR, P.W.D.'S ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, SAID THAT THE WORK WOULD TAKE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ON COMPLETION, HE SAID, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WOULD BE DIVERTED AWAY FROM CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, THUS FACILITATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY FROM PRINCE EDWARD STATION TO THE PROPOSED LAI WAN STATION AT MEI FOO SUN CHUEN.
MR. ARMOUR SAID THAT APART FROM THE NECESSARY WORKS FOR TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING ON A NUMBER OF STREETS, NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS WOULD BE INSTALLED AT 14 ROAD JUNCTIONS.
AT THE SAME TIME THE EXISTING COMPUTERISED AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE LAI CHI KOK AREA SO AS TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF KOWLOON.
THE PROJECT WOULD ALSO COVER THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HAWKER BAZAAR AREA TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE ON-STREET HAWKERS AFFECTED BY THE M.T.R. TSUEN WAN EXTENSION.
IN ADDITION, A 6,500-SQUARE METRE PLAYGROUND WITH GARDENS WOULD BE BUILT AT THE CORNER OF FORTUNE STREET AND FAT TSEUNG STREET AS PART OF THE REPROVISIONING WORKS OF CHEUNG SHA WAN PLAYGROUND WHICH WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE M.T.R. WORKS.
MR. ARMOUR POINTED OUT THAT ALL ROAD WORKS UNDER THIS PROJECT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS' TIME SO THAT THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE M.T.R. TSUEN WAN EXTENSION COULD BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED BY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR TO MEET THE SCHEDULED COMMENCEMENT OF M.T.R. WORKS IN THIS AREA.
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