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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1978
SPEEDING AND ILLEGAL OVERTAKING LED TO ACCIDENTS ON TUEN MUN ROAD
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THE ACCIDENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED TO DATE ON THE NEW TUEN MUN ROAD HAVE BEEN DUE MAINLY TO SPEEDING AND ILLEGAL OVERTAKING BY IMPATIENT DRIVERS, THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
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REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON, JAMES WU, HE SAID THAT THE SIGNS AND MARKINGS ON THE NEW ROAD WERE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND ADOPTED BY THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE PROJECT AFTER CONSULT- ATION WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AND WERE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE INADEQUATE.
IN ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION BY THE HON. WONG LAM, MR.. MCDONALD SAID THAT OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS NINE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE RECORDED ON THE SECTION OF CLEARWATER BAY ROAD NEAR THE GOOD HOPE GIRLS' SCHOOL.
+THE EXISTING CARRIAGEWAY LAYOUT IS A TEMPORARY DIVERSION ARRANGEMENT TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENT WORKS TO CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, HE SAID.
+THESE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY ON A NEW ALIGNMENT WITH MUCH FLATTER GRADIENTS AND EASIER CURVATURE.+
IN ADDITION, MR. MCDONALD SAID, THE OLD CLEARWATER BAY ROAD WAS BEING WIDENED TO PROVIDE AN EXTRA UPHILL LANE.
WORK ON THE LATTER WOULD BE FINISHED BY OCTOBER AND TRAFFIC WOULD THEN BE RE-DIVERTED TO THE OLD CARRIAGEWAY THUS REMOVING THE NEED TO NEGOTIATE THE BEND ON THE TEMPORARY DIVERSION, HE SAID.
+BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, WORK ON THE NEW CLEARWATER BAY ROAD ALIGNMENT WILL BE COMPLETED AND ALL THROUGH TRAFFIC WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONTO THIS SUPERIOR AND SAFER FACILITY LEAVING THE OLD CARRIAGEWAY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT HOUSING ESTATE AND OTHER PROPERTIES, SAID MR. MCDONALD.
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