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MR. CHAN SAID: THE FINAL STAGE OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR IS PLANNED FOR COMPLETION IN 1984 WHEREUPON THESE TWO CORRIDORS WILL EFFECTIVELY FORM A CONNECTION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST THROUGH CENTRAL KOWLOON, IN ADDITION TO THE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED MAJOR ROUTE ACROSS THE NORTH OF KOWLOON AT THE FOOT OF THE HILLS.
+THE CENTRAL SPINAL ROUTE IN KOWLOON CONNECTS THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TO LION ROCK TUNNEL AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THIS ROUTE IS ALREADY OF HIGH CAPACITY BUT TWO FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROGRAMME ARE A FLYOVER AT THE JUNCTION OF WATERLOO ROAD AND CORNWALL STREET AND THE WIDENING OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER FROM THREE LANES TO FOUR, BOTH OF WHICH SHOULD ELIMINATE THE FINAL BOTTLENECKS ON THIS ROUTE.+
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID, FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE FIRST CARRIAGEWAY OF THE TUEN MUN ROAD BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN, WORK STARTED ON THE SECOND THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY LAST JULY.
THE OTHER ROAD PROJECT OF COMPARABLE MAGNITUDE IS THE SHA TIN TO TAI PO COASTAL ROAD WHICH IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF DETAILED PLANNING.
MR. CHAN SAID THAT IT WAS INTENDED THAT THIS ROAD WOULD BE A DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY AT THE OUTSET, WITH PROVISION FOR FURTHER WIDENING LATER ON.
IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CIRCULAR ROUTE LINKING TAI PO, FANLING AND YUEN LONG IS PROGRESSING STEADILY.
HE SAID THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PLANNED TO START WORK ON THE SECTION BETWEEN YUEN LONG AND AU TAU ABOUT JULY THIS YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN 1981. HOWEVER, THE WHOLE ROUTE WAS NOT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE UNTIL AFTER 1983.
IN TSUEN WAN, SEVERAL LARGE SCALE ROAD PROJECTS ARE PRESENTLY UNDER WAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE IS THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS, STAGE ONE OF WHICH SHOULD BE FINISHED BY LATE 1980.
REGARDING THE EXISTING STREET SYSTEMS WHERE LOCAL ACCESS PRECLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF COSTLY GRADE SEPARATION FOR CONFLICTING TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED A SYSTEM OF AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL.
THIS TAKES THE FORM OF COMPUTERISED CONTROL OF A LARGE NUMBER OF SIGNAL INSTALLATIONS BY CONTINUOUS MONITORING AND ADJUSTMENT.
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MR. CHAN SAID THAT A REPORT ON THE SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF TRAFFIC ON THE MAJOR THROUGH' ROADS FOR THE WHOLE TERRITORY WOULD BE COMPLETED LATER THIS YEAR.
THE REPORT WOULD CONTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE USE OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION, EMERGENCY TELEPHONES AND AUTOMATIC INCIDENT DETECTION TOGETHER WITH CONTROL BY SIGNALS DISPLAYED TO THE DRIVERS FROM GANTRIES, HE ADDED.'
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