SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1982
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MAJOR ROAD PROJECT FOR FANLING
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL SOON START WORK ON A MAJOR ROAD PROJECT - FANLING BYPASS AS PART
- OF ITS CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TAI PO-FANLING NEW TOWN.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE TAI PO AND FANLING NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THE PROJECT, FORMING PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE, INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL THREE-KILOMETRE THREE-LANE TRUNK ROAD FROM WO HOP SHEK TO THE WEST OF THE ROAD JUNCTION OF FAN KAM ROAD AND SAN FUNG AVENUE.
THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF CYCLING TRACKS, FOOTPATHS AND ROAD-SIDE AMENITY AREAS, PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS AND FOOTBRIDGES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD START IN OCTOBER AND WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1984.
+TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER SECTIONS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE IN THE EAST, INCLUDING THE TAI PO/SHA TIN COASTAL TRUNK ROAD AND THE TAI PO BYPASS, FANLING BYPASS WILL BECOME A PRINCIPAL ROAD LINK BETWEEN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE KOWLOON URBAN AREAS,+ HE SAID,
NORTH POINT TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
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NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN NORTH POINT FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (JULY 12) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY'S NORTH POINT STATION.
SHU KUK STREET BETWEEN KING'S ROAD AND TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
TO TRAVEL TO KING'S ROAD, WESTBOUND VEHICLES ON TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD WILL HAVE TO USE TIN CHIÚ STREET OR KAM HONG STREET, WHICH WILL THEN BE CHANGED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
THE SECTION OF TSAT TSZ MUJ ROAD BETWEEN SHU KUK STREET AND KAM HONG STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED TWO WAYS.
TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AFFECTED AREA, SEVERAL ROAD SECTIONS NEARBY WILL ALSO BE DESIGNATED AS URBAN CLEARWAYS FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY.
THESE SECTIONS ARE 1
* THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY ON TIN CHIU STREET BETWEEN
JAVA ROAD AND KING'S ROAD:
* TIN CHIU STREET BETWEEN KING'S ROAD AND TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD;
AND
* TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH TIN CHIU STREET.