TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1982
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SECOND TUEN MUN ROAD CARRIAGEWAY TO BE OPENED
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THE GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER, MR KWEI SEE-KAN, TODAY INSPECTED THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF TUEN MUN ROAD BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND SHAM TSENG WHICH WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC ON THURSDAY,
THIS SECTION OF ROAD, EXTENDING JUST OVER FIVE KILOMETRES, FORMS PART OF TUEN MUN ROAD STAGE TWO NOW ABOUT 75 PER CENT COMPLETE.
THE FIRST PART OF THE 17-KILOMETRE HIGHWAY, CONSISTING OF A VIADUCT AT SHAM TSENG, WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.
+WORK ON THE REMAINDER OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY, FROM SHAM TSENG TO TUEN MUN AND ON AN ELEVATED ROAD LINKING THE HIGHWAY WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD AT TSUEN WAN IS IN PROGRESS AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR,+ MR KWEI SAID.
MR KWEI POINTED OUT THAT AFTER THE OPENING OF THE TSUEN WAN-SHAM TSENG SECTION ON THURSDAY, THREE TRAFFIC LANES WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MOTORISTS TRAVELLING FROM TSUEN WAN TO SHAM TSENG.
+TRAFFIC GOING EAST FROM SHAM TSENG TO TSUEN WAN WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE EXISTING FIRST CARRIAGEWAY. INITIALLY ONLY TWO OF THE THREE LANES WILL BE USED AS WORK WILL NEED TO BE CARRIED OUT TO CHANGE THE EXISTING ROAD MARKINGS ON THE OLD CARRIAGEWAY,+ HE SAID.
+ IT IS EXPECTED THAT MODIFICATION WORK TO THE MARKINGS ON THE FIRST CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE COMPLETED IN A FEW WEEKS WHEN ALL THREE LANES OF THE FIRST CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN SHAM TSENG AND TSUEN WAN WILL BE OPENED TO EASTBOUND TRAFFIC.+
WORK WOULD CONTINUE ON BOTH CARRIAGEWAYS TO PROVIDE REFLECTIVE ROAD STUDS AND CRASH BARRIERS AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS.
AT THE SHAM TSENG AND TSUEN WAN ENDS OF THE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY WHERE THE ROAD WILL REVERT TO A SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC, PROMINENT SIGNS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED TO WARN MOTORISTS OF THE CHANGE.
MR KWEI APPEALED TO MOTORISTS TO FOLLOW THESE SIGNS WHILE APPROACHING SHAM TSENG OR TSUEN WAN AND TO KEEP WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT OF 40 M.P.H.
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