FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1980
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CONTRACT FOR EAST KOWLOON ROAD LINK
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $70 MILLION CONTRACT TO FRANK CONTRACTORS LIMITED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR ELEVATED ROAD AND GRADE-SEPARATED INTERSECTION ON KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION.
THE CONTRACT FORMS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ROAD SCHEME TO LINK KWUN TONG WITH EAST KOWLOON VIA THE AIRPORT TUNNEL.
MR TOM ARMOUR, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, WHO SIGNED THE CONTRACT, SAID ABOUT ONE KILOMETRE OF ELEVATED ROAD WOULD BE BUILT TO CONNECT THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD WITH WAI YIP STREET, AND AN ELEVATED ROAD WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED OVER KWUN TONG ROAD.
GROUND LEVEL ROADWORKS WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT IN AND AROUND WAI YIP STREET TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND FROM THE NEW ELEVATED ROAD THERE.
FOR PEDESTRIANS, THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF FOOTBRIDGES WITH STEPS AND RAMPS.
·AN AMENITY AREA WITH SOME SITTING-OUT SPACE WILL
BEAUTIFY THE ROAD JUNCTION, MR ARMOUR ADDED.
WORK WILL START NEXT WEEK AND TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS.
PLANS FOR BETTER BUS SERVICES IN TUEN MUN
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BUS SERVICES IN TUEN MUN ARE EXPECTED TO BE FURTHER IMPROVED TO MEET INCREASING DEMAND,
KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY AT PRESENT ALLOCATES 48 DOUBLE-DECKERS AND 10 SINGLE-DECKERS TO RUN ON SEVEN WEEKDAY ROUTES IN THE NEW TOWN, BY THE END OF 1982, IT IS PLANNED THAT THERE WILL BE 10 SUCH WEEKDAY ROUTES AND A TOTAL ALLOCATION OF 113 DOUBLE-DECKERS AND SEVEN SINGLE-DECKERS.
IN PAST MONTHS, THE FREQUENCIES OF ROUTE NOS. 66M AND 52 LINKING TUEN MUN WITH URBAN KOWLOON WERE IMPROVED AND TWO NEW ROUTES - NOS. 60 AND 66 - WERE INTRODUCED.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS CAREFULLY MONITORING THE INTAKE OF POPULATION TO THE NEW HOUSING ESTATES THERE TO ENSURE THAT BUS SERVICES KEEP PACE WITH INCREASING DEMAND BOTH WITHIN THE NEW TOWN, AND TO AND FROM THE URBAN AREA.