FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1978
WONG CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE
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WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE WONG CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE WHICH IS PART OF THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL PROJECT.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
DR. CHOI YU-LEUK, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID THE WORK WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE LINKING THE SOUTHERN PORTALS AND TOLL PLAZA AREA WITH THE EXISTING WONG CHUK HANG ROAD WHICH LEADS TO ABERDEEN TOWN CENTRE.
HE SAID THAT THE FOUR-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY TUNNEL ROUTE WOULD BE TAKEN IN AN UNDERPASS BELOW THE PRESENT JUNCTION OF NAM FUNG ROAD AND WONG CHUK HANG ROAD.
+TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE OCEAN PARK, PARTICULARLY FOR TUNNEL TRAFFIC, THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD TO THE PARK WILL BE REAL IGNED AND CONNECTED TO THE TUNNEL ROUTE BY A GRADE-SEPARATED
INTERCHANGE, ALLOWING FREE FLOWING MOVEMENT.
+OTHER SLIP ROADS WOULD ALLOW EASY ACCESS TO AND FROM THE TUNNEL,+ DR. CHO SAID,
+PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS WILL BE CATERED FOR BY THE PROVISION OF TWO SEPARATE COVERED FOOTBRIDGES AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS, AND ADDITIONALLY BY A PEDESTRIAN WAY, INTEGRAL WITH ONE OF THE SLIP ROAD STRUCTURES, HE ADDED.
WORK ON THE INTERCHANGE WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MEANWHILE, WORK IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY ON THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL. BOTH THE TUNNEL AND THE INTERCHANGE ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1980.
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA ON BEHALF OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE P.W.D.
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