SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1979
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FOUNDATION WORK ON STUBBS ROAD FLYOVER MAKING HEADWAY
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CAISSON FOUNDATION WORK ON THE $54.6 MILLION STUBBS ROAD FLYOVER IS MAKING HEADWAY.
MR. YEUNG KIM-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE SINKING OF MORE THAN 170 PILĖS.
+SO FAR, NEARLY 100 OF THEM HAVE EITHER BEEN COMPLETED OR IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION.+
IN THE MEANTIME, A CASTING YARD IS BEING SET UP NEAR THE SITE TO PRODUCE BEAMS FOR THE FLYOVER.
MR. YEUNG SAID THE FIRST COLUMN FOR THE ELEVATED ROAD WOULD GO UP WITHIN A MONTH.
ON COMPLETION IN THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT YEAR, THE 450-METRE LONG FLYOVER WILL LINK LOWER STUBBS ROAD WITH WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD, THUS IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT THE STUBBS ROAD ROUNDABOUT.
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