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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1983
CONSTRUCTION OF GLOUCESTER ROAD FLYOVER
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THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $14.4 MILLION CONTRACT TO EXPRESS TRANSPORT AND BUILDING CONTRACTOR LTD. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GLOUCESTER ROAD FLYOVER NEAR PATERSON STREET.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR S.A.W. BOWMAN, ACTING GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER (MANAGEMENT) OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONTRACTOR.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROJECT WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 300-METRE LONG ONE-WAY ELEVATED ROAD JOINING GLOUCESTER ROAD NEXT TO VICTORIA PARK WITH THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF VICTORIA PARK ROAD,
THE CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE LANDSCAPING AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START SHORTLY AND BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 21 MONTHS.
TENDERS INVITED FOR BUILDING REMAINING SECTION OF PAK FUK ROAD ***
THE REMAINING SECTION OF PAK FUK ROAD BETWEEN BRAEMAR TERRACE AND TANNER HILL ROAD POLICE MARRIED QUARTERS WILL SOON BE COMPLETED TO PROVIDE A MORE DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD AND THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH POINT, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY.
IN INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE EASTERN SECTION OF PAK FUK ROAD, FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH HEALTHY STREET WEST TO THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF BRAEMAR TERRACE, HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.
THE WESTERN SECTION, BETWEEN TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD AND AN ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO BEDFORD GARDENS, HAD ALSO BEEN COMPLETED BY THE DEVELOPER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEASE CONDITIONS.
+THE COMPLETION OF THE REMAINING SECTION OF PAK FUK ROAD WILL HELP EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE AREA IN GENERAL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
A SHORT SECTION OF THE EXISTING PAK FUK ROAD AT BOTH ENDS WILL ALSO BE RE-CONSTRUCTED TO LINK WITH THE NEW ROAD, HE ADDED.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL THIS YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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