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FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1978
THIS, HE ADDED, HAD ACTED AS A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR BOTH TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT THE DOUBLE TRACK RAILWAY, AND THE NEW COASTAL ROAD WOULD DO THE SAME FOR TAI PO AND THE NORTH-EAST AND THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL WOULD SIMILARLY AFFECT ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU.
SIR MURRAY CONGRATULATED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THEIR CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS ON THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF TUEN MUN ROAD WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS A +SPECTACULAR PROJECT+.
WITH THE COMPLETION OF STAGE 1 AND ALSO THE TSUEN WAN EY-PASS IN 1982, HE SAID, IT WOULD THEN BE POSSIBLE TO TRAVEL BY CONTINUCUS DUAL CARRIAGEWAY FROM YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN IN THE WEST TO KWUN TONG IN THE EAST OR ABERDEEN IN THE SOUTH OR SHA TIN AND TAI PO IN THE NORTH-EAST.
IN HIS SPEECH WELCOMING THE GOVERNOR, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD, SAID: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST CARRIAGEWAY OF WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE A DUAL THREE-LANE ROAD SOME 17 KILOMETRES LONG TOOK THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS TO COMPLETE, AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $300 MILLION.+
IT WOULD REPLACE THE EXISTING INADEQUATE CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH A HIGH CAPACITY HIGHWAY LINKING THE NEW TOWNS OF TUEN MUN AND TSUEN WAN.
MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND STAGE WOULD COMMENCE SOON AFTER THE FIRST CARRIAGEWAY WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC.
ON FULL COMPLETION, HE ADDED, TUEN MUN ROAD WOULD FORM PART OF THE TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS DUAL- CARRIAGEWAY FROM THE RAPIDLY GROWING TOWN OF TUEN MUN TO KOWLOON.
+THIS GREATLY IMPROVED FACILITY WILL BE OF SPECIAL BENEFIT TO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF LARGE HEAVY VEHICLES GENERATED EY THE EXPANDING INDUSTRY OF THE TOWN, MR. MCDONALD SAID.
EARLIER, THE GOVERNOR WAS GREETED ON ARRIVAL BY MR. MCDONALD.
HE WAS THEN INTRODUCED TO OFFICIALS OF P.W.D. AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CONSULTANTS FIRM AND CONTRACTORS EY MR. DAVID STEAD, P.W.D.'S DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT.
THE NEW ROAD WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC AT 10 A.M. TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
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