SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1978
ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN KWAI CHUNG
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO EMBARK ON A $12.6 MILLION ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN KWAI CHUNG TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AT THE JUNCTION OF KWAI CHUNG ROAD, LEI MUK ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK, ROAD.
ENGINEERING WORK FOR THE PROJECT WILL START LATER THIS MONTH
AND WILL TAKE 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR. NORMAN TUCKER, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE PROJECT WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROTARY INTERSECTION BETWEEN CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND LEI MUK ROAD AND ASSOCIATED GROUND, LEVEL LINK ROADS.
+THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL LINK CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH CHEUNG WING ROAD, WHICH WILL BE WIDENED AND WILL JOIN WO YI HOP ROAD IN THE NORTH.
+SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC FROM TSUEN WAN TO KOWLOON WILL BE RE-ROUTED ROUND THE NEW ROTARY INTERSECTION,+ HE SAID,
MR. TUCKER ADDED THAT THE NEW ROTARY INTERSECTION WILL MAKE LAND AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED FLYOVER ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO FURTHER IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
TO FACILITATE THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT WORK, THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RESUME 541.6 SQUARE METRES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND AND 92 SQUARE METRES OF BUILDING LAND. THREE MONTHS' NOTICE OF THE LAND RESUMPTION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE LAST FRIDAY.
THE RESUMPTION WILL INVOLVE THE CLEARANCE OF TEN TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES OCCUPIED BY 12 FAMILIES. OF THESE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, ONE IS ON CROWN LAND AND THE REMAINDERS ON PRIVATE LAND.
IN ADDITION, A TOTAL OF 20 OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES INCLUDING EIGHT WORKSHOPS, THREE SHOPS AND SIX STRUCTURES FOR STORAGE PURPOSES WILL HAVE TO BE CLEARED.
MR. HAYES SAID: +DEPENDING ON THE IR ELIGIBILITY, DISPLACED FAMILIES WILL BE OFFERED EITHER PUBLIC HOUSING OR TEMPORARY PUBLIC HOUSING.+
AS THE LAND TO BE RESUMED LIES WITHIN THE TSUEN WAN/KWAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN, LANDOWNERS CONCERNED WILL BE OFFERED THE ALTERNATIVE OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS OR CASH COMPENSATION.
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