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SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1981
CAR PARK AND FLYOVER FOR TSUEN WAN
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A 12-STOREY CAR PARK AND TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE AS WELL AS A FLYOVER, TWO FOOTBRIDGES AND ASSOCIATED ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS WILL SHORTLY BE BUILT IN TSUEN WAN.
DISCUSSING THE FLYOVER PROJECT. A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IT FORMS PART OF A MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI HO ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
THE FLYOVER WILL LINK TAI HO ROAD TO THE NEW MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION AS WELL AS THE RECENTLY DIVERTED ROUTE TWISK.
THE FOOTBRIDGES, TO BE BUILT ACROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD, WILL ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS THE BUSY ROAD SAFELY TO THE MTR STATION AND THE NEW BUS TERMINUS BUILDING NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE EXISTING SIGNAL-CONTROLLED JUNCTION WILL BE MODIFIED TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPED TRAFFIC ISLANDS, AND A NEW ROAD, TO BE NAMED SAI LAU KOK ROAD, WILL BE BUILT PARALLEL TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO SERVE BOTH BUS AND MTR USERS.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SECTIONS OF TWIN-CELL BOX CULVERT FROM THE MTR STATION FRONTAGE TO THE JUNCTION OF TSUEN WAN MARKET STREET AND TAI HO ROAD TO LINK UP WITH THE EXISTING SYSTEM.
WORK ON THE PROJECT, TENDERS FOR WHICH ARE BEING INVITED, WILL START IN AUGUST AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 26 MONTHS TO COMPLÉTÉ.
MEANWHILE, THE PWD WILL ALSO BUILD A 12-STOREY CAR PARK AND TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE AT A 5 490-SQUARE-METRE SITE ADJACENT TO THE FOU WAH CENTRE IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
THE PROJECT, TENDERS FOR WHICH ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE WILL INCLUDE A GROUND FLOOR TERMINUS FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AND TAXIS, FOUR FLOORS OF COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE ACCOMMODATION AND SEVEN FLOORS OF PARKING SPACES FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 600 VEHICLES,
THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR RAIL AND ROAD INTERCHANGE AND SHORT AND LONG-TERM PARKING IN LINE WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE MTR TSUEN WAN EXTENSION.
WORK ON THE CAR PARK WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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