MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1983
TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER READY END OF YEAR ******
WORK ON HONG KONG'S LATEST +S+ SHAPED ELEVATED ROAD, THE TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER, IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY AND WILL BE COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THE 550-METRE LONG, TWO-WAY FLYOVER, WILL RUN FROM THE LOWER END OF TAI HANG ROAD, THROUGH MORETON TERRACE, ACROSS CAUSEWAY ROAD TO JOIN GLOUCESTER ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF VICTORIA PARK.
+THERE WILL BE CONNECTING RAMPS AT MORETON TERRACE AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI HANG ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE AND AN OFF-STREET BUS TERMINUS.
THE 35-METRE COVERED FOOTBRIDGE WILL SPAN CAUSEWAY ROAD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH SHELTER STREET WHILE THE NEW BUS TERMINUS WILL BE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF MORETON TERRACE AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD,
THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ELEVATED ROAD HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN AN +S+ SHAPE, TO MINIMISE THE ENCROACHMENT OF THE FLYOVER INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF VICTORIA PARK, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
INTENSIVE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS SERVED BY TAI HANG ROAD HAS GENERATED A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC IN THIS PART OF CAUSEWAY BAY, HE SAID.
DURING PEAK HOURS TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS OFTEN OCCUR AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI HANG ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD WHERE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, ESPECIALLY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, IS ALSO HEAVY.
WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE FLYOVER, THE SITUATION WILL IMPROVE AS TRAFFIC COMING DOWN OR GOING UP TAI HANG ROAD CAN AVOID A NUMBER OF ROAD JUNCTIONS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN THE AREA. TRAFFIC IN CAUSEWAY BAY SHOULD ALSO IMPROVE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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