THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1978
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CYCLE PATH NETWORK FOR THE +NEW+ NEW TERRITORIES
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THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING A SERIES OF CYCLE PATHS IN THE DEVELOPING AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WHICH WILL ADD AN ENTIRELY NEW DIMENSION TO SAFE TRAVEL+, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY.
HE DESCRIBED THE DEVELOPMENT AS ONE WHICH WILL DEL IGHT THE YOUNG AND ALL THOSE WHO ENJOY AND USE BICYCLES.+
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE KOWLOON ZONTA CLUB TODAY, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID: +ALTHOUGH PLANNED TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFER, MORE EFFICIENT IN CARRYING THEIR TRANSPORT LOAD, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE CYCLE TRACKS WILL ADD AN ENTIRELY NEW DIMENSION TO SAFE TRAVEL AND, INCIDENTALLY, TO RECREATION.+
SHA TIN, HE SAID, WILL HAVE CYCLE PATHS THAT WILL LOOP AROUND THE TOWN AND OVER AND UNDER ROAD JUNCTIONS AND ALLOW RESIDENTS TO CYCLE BETWEEN THEIR HOMES AND OFFICES, FACTORIES AND SCHOOLS.
CYCLISTS WILL HAVE THEIR SEPARATE TRACKS ON THE COASTAL ROAD CONNECTING SHA TIN AND TAI PO, HE ADDED. AND ALREADY STRETCHING OUT FROM TAI PO ALONG THE NEW ROAD BEING BUILT TO THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE YOU CAN SEE A CYCLE TRACK TAKING SHAPE.+
MR. AKERS-JONES DISCLOSED THE GOVERNMENT'S CYCLE PATH PROGRAMME IN A DETAILED REVIEW OF IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS IN THE +NEW+ NEW TERRITORIES.
AMONG THE MAJOR PLANS FOR A NEW TRANSPORT NETWORK TO SERVE THE DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS ARE:
* TUEN MUN HIGHWAY THE SECOND STAGE, COMPLETING THE
SIX-LANE HIGHWAY, WILL BE COMPLETED IN TWO YEARS' TIME-
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SHA TIN/TAI PO COASTAL ROAD THE FIRST PHASE OF FOUR LANES IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1981, AND, LIKE THE TUEN MUN ROAD, IT WILL LEAVE THE OLD TAI PO ROAD FREE TO CARRY LOCAL TRAFFIC. THE NEW ROAD WILL BEND AROUND TAI PO TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE NORTH AND FROM THERE ON THE REST OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD WILL BE STEADILY IMPROVED-
NEW DIRECT LINKS BETWEEN SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED AND ARE PLANNED-
TSUEN WAN BY-PASS CUTTING ACROSS TSUEN WAN BAY, IS TO BE BUILT IN TWO STAGES AND COMPLETED BY MID-1983. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN AREA OF RECLAIMED LAND TO ENABLE SOME ESSENTIAL REPLANNING OF TSUEN WAN-
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