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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1978
FLYOVER TO BE BUILT IN TAI HANG ROAD
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A FLYOVER WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN TAI HANG ROAD TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.
TENDERS FOR THE +S+ SHAPED FLYOVER WILL BE CALLED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TOMORROW (FRIDAY). THE FLYOVER IS THE CENTRAL PART OF THREE PROJECTS THAT WILL EASE CONGESTION AND CARRY VEHICLES FREELY TO THE WATERFRONT NEAR VICTORIA PARK.
A COVERED FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS CAUSEWAY ROAD AT SHELTER STREET WILL ALSO BE BUILT TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IN THE AREA.
THE TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER FROM THE LOWER END OF THE ROAD THROUGH MORETON TERRACE WILL BE TWO-LANE, WITH ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC MOVING IN EACH DIRECTION.
THERE WILL BE CONNECTING RAMPS AT MORETON TERRACE AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD, TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI HANG ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS.
LEADING TO THE FLYOVER WILL BE A WIDER TAI HANG ROAD THAN THE EXISTING ONE.
AND IN JANUARY WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON WIDENING THE SECTION OF TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN KA NING PATH AND LA! TAK TSUEN ROAD TO THREE LANES. TOTAL WIDTH OF THE ROAD WILL BE 10.3 METRES. FOOTPATHS OF 2.47 METRES WIDE WILL BE ALLOWED FOR EITHER SIDE.
IN ADDITION, ANOTHER FLYOVER IS PLANNED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER. WORK ON IT SHOULD START IN MAY NEXT YEAR.
THIS SINGLE-LANE FLYOVER WILL TAKE TRAFFIC FROM GLOUCESTER ROAD NEAR KINGSTON STREET NORTH, AND THEN WESTWARDS ALONG THE WATERFRONT. IT WILL BE 295 METRES LONG.
IT WILL BE 5.5 METRES WIDE AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED TRAFFIC SHOULD MOVE FAR MORE FREELY FROM TAI HANG TO THE WATERFRONT.
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