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SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1979
$20 MILLION SCHEME TO IMPROVE ROAD
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THE $20 MILLION SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD FROM HO TUNG LAU TO TAI PO CAUSEWAY IS NEARING THE HALF-WAY MARK.
MR. LEE SHU-CHEE, SENFOR ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT WORK ON THE FIRST OF TWO STAGES WOULD BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
+SINCE IMPROVEMENT WORK FIRST BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER 1976, A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF STAGE I. INVOLVING THE SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD BETWEEN THE HONG KONG CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND TAI PO CAUSEWAY, HAS BEEN COMPLETED, HE SAID.
+TRAFFIC ON THIS STRETCH OF ROAD HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED FOLLOWING THE ELIMINATION OF SHARP BENDS AND THE PROVISION OF CLIMBING LANES AT STEEP GRADIENTS,+ HE SAID.
THE ONLY WORK REMAINS TO BE DONE IN STAGE 1 IS NOW UNDER WAY AT THE BEND AT ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOME.
THIS WORK, MR. LEE SAID, INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 300-METRE NEW ROAD BY CUTTING THROUGH A HILL AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON STAGE I IS ON THE DRAWING BOARD.
ON COMPLETION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT. THE SEVEN-KILOMETRE SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD STRETCHING FROM HO TUNG LAU TO TAI PO CAUSEWAY WILL BE 7.3 METRES WIDE WITH AN ADDITIONAL CLIMBING LANE AT STEEP GRADIENTS INSTEAD OF SIX METRES AS IN SOME SECTIONS AT PRESENT.
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