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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1979
PWD SPENDING $1 MILLION A DAY ON ROAD PROJECTS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS SPENDING MORE THAN $1 MILLION A DAY ON ROAD PROJECTS IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR,
THIS WAS STATED TODAY WEDNESDAY) BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAYS ENGINEER, MR. NICKY CHAN IN A TALK GIVEN TO THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION'S OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES MEETING.
MR. CHAN OUTLINED SOME OF THE MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS IN PROGRESS OR TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS WELL AS NEW ROAD PROPOSALS,
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, HE SAID, UNDER CONSTRUCTION WERE THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL, CANAL ROAD FLYOVER EXTENSION, WONG CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE AND THE WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD-STUBBS ROAD FLYOVER.
ON COMPLETION IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, HE ADDED, THESE ROADS SHOULD ADEQUATELY SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS BEING EXPERIENCED AT THE STUBBS ROAD ROUNDABOUT AND EASE TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN THE SOUTH SIDE OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE MAINLAND VIA THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.
TO RELIEVE CONGESTION IN NORTH POINT, HE SAID, WORK WOULD SHORTLY START ON A $260 MILLION NEW COASTAL ROAD FROM VICTORIA PARK TO HEALTHY STREET.
KNOWN AS ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR STAGE 1. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1983 WHILE THE WHOLE SCHEME EXTENDING TO SHAU KEI WAN IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1986.
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND, THERE ARE PLANS TO EXTEND WONG CHUK HANG ROAD ALONG THE ABERDEEN WATERFRONT TO JOIN SHEK PAI WAN ROAD.
ALSO UNDER PLANNING IS AN ELEVATED ROAD ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD FROM HILL ROAD TO HARCOURT ROAD EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1986.
MR. CHAN SAID: +ON COMPLETION, THIS ROAD, TOGETHER WITH THE EXISTING GLOUCESTER ROAD AND THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, WILL FORM A FREE FLOWING TRAFFIC ROUTE ALONG THE WHOLE OF THE NORTHERN COASTLINE OF HONG KONG ISLAND.+
IN EAST KOWLOON, WORK IS IN PROGRESS ON AN IMPROVED ROUTE ALONG THE EAST KOWLOON CORRIDOR LINKING HUNG HOM WITH THE INDUSTRIAL AREA OF KWUN TONG VIA A TUNNEL UNDER THE AIRPORT RUNWAY.
IN WEST KOWLOON, THE SECOND STAGE OF THE MAJOR ROAD LINKING YAU MA TEI TO LAI CHI KOK IS ALSO UNDER WAY.
THIS WILL TAKE THE FORM OF AN ELEVATED ROAD PASSING EXISTING STREETS AND ALONG RECLAMATION.
MR. CHAN