MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1978
TRANSPORT FACILITIES TO SHA TIN RACE-COURSE
NEAR COMPLETION ****
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MANY OF THE TRANSPORT FACILITIES AT THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE ARE NEARING COMPLETION AND WILL BE READY FOR ITS OPENING
KITS IN OCTOBER.
THE FACILITIES JOINTLY DEVELOPED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, INCLUDE SPACES FOR PARKING, LOADING AND UNLOADING OF VEHICLES OUTSIDE THE RACE-COURSE ADJACENT TO THE DUAL THREE-LANE TRUNK ROAD THROUGH SHA TIN.
TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDE PICKING UP AND SETTING DOWN AND PARKING AREAS FOR 80 FRANCHISED BUSES, 120 PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, 65 TAXIS, 50 PRIVATE COACHES, 50 HIRE CARS AND 909 PRIVATE CARS.
BUT, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT PEOPLE GOING TO THE RACE-COURSE SHOULD USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS THE CAR PARKS PROVIDED WOULD BE FOR MEMBERS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB ONLY.
ALL PICKING UP AND SETTING DOWN AREAS INCLUDE GRADE SEPARATED PEDESTRIAN APPROACHES AND WAITING AREAS. THE SOUTH BOUND TERMINAL AND NORTH BOUND TERMINAL FOR FRANCHISED BUSES AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER.
THE NEAR COMPLETION OF THE 5-KILOMETRE DUAL-LANE TRUNK ROAD FROM TAI WAI TO THE NEW RACE-COURSE HAS BEEN A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AT SHA TIN,
PART OF THIS NEW ROAD BEING DEVELOPED BY P.W.D.
WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN APRIL, AND A FURTHER STRETCH IN AUGUST. THE ENTIRE ROAD IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER, PROVIDING A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY OF TWO LANES EACH. CONSTRUCTION OF THE $65 MILLION ROAD STARTED IN MARCH 1976.
AN INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE ROAD HAS BEEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY CROSSING NEAR THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE PLANNED ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,
ALSO, TWO SUBWAYS AND TWO FOOT-BRIDGES ARE BEING BUILT TO AID MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NEAR LEK YUEN AND WO CHE HOUSING ESTATES.
A RAILWAY STATION CAPABLE OF HANDLING 15,000 PASSENGERS AN HOUR, WITH A FOOT-BRIDGE APPROACH, IS ALSO NEAR COMPLETION.
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