FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1978
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IMPROVEMENTS TO PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO IMPROVE THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER FROM A THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY TO A DUAL TWO- LANE CARRIAGEWAY.
THE WORK INVOLVES EXTENDING THE EXISTING FLYOVER BY ABOUT 12 METRES AT THE SOUTHERN END.
A P.W.D. SPOKESMAN SAID: +NO MAJOR RE-ALIGNMENT OF THE EXISTING FLYOVER WILL BE INVOLVED, BUT THE IMPROVEMENT WILL INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF A CENTRAL DIVIDER AND WIDENING ON THE CURVES.+
TO ALLOW FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FLYOVER, LIMITED CHANGES IN ALIGNMENT AND LEVEL ARE NECESSARY AT GROUND LEVEL AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS ON PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, ARGYLE STREET AND WATERLOO ROAD.
MORE EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS IN ALIGNMENT AND LEVEL ARE NECESSARY AT GROUND LEVEL IN WATERLOO ROAD BELOW THE SLOPE TO THE REAR OF NOS. 2-14 BRAGA CIRCUIT, WHERE A RETAINING WALL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
THE NORTH-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER AND THE WATERLOO ROAD FLYOVER WILL BE WIDENED TO FOUR LANES TO FACILITATE THE TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN THE TWO FLYOVERS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +IMPROVEMENT OF THE FLYOVER IS NECESSARY DUE TO THE GENERAL INCREASE IN TRAFFIC SINCE THE FLYOVER WAS FIRST BUILT IN 1966.+
A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED UNDERTAKING WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
ANY PERSON OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT MUST SEND HIS OBJECTION IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SO AS TO REACH HIS OFFICE NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 4, 1978.
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