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HE ADDED THAT AN ALLOCATION OF $39 MILLION IN 1983-84 WAS MAINLY FOR THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD AND ITS APPROACHES.
ROUTE 4: FROM LAI CHI KOK VIA CHING CHEUNG AND LUNG CHEUNG ROADS, PAST THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE LION ROCK TUNNEL TO JOIN KWUN TONG ROAD AT PING SHEK AND THEN TO JOIN ROUTE 3 AT NGAU TAU KOK.
THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE
$247 MILLION (EXPENDITURE UP TO MARCH 31, 1983: $113 MILLION) AND $49 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR THIS FISCAL 1983 WOULD BE MAINLY FOR THE ELEVATED ROAD FROM NGAU TAU KOK ROAD TO KOWLOON BAY.
ROUTE 51 THIS IS A PROPOSED ROUTE FROM SHA TIN TO TSUEN WAN FOR WHICH A FEASIBILITY STUDY HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED. DETAILED PLANNING IS DUE TO START IN 1983-84 WITH EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR OF ABOUT $10 MILLION.
ROUTE 61 FROM THE INTERCHANGE NORTH OF MEI FOO SUN CHUEN VIA CASTLE PEAK ROAD THROUGH TSUEN WAN TO JOIN ROUTE 2 AT THE EASTERN END OF TUEN MUN HIGHWAY.
THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS WAS $234 MILLION (EXPECTED EXPENDITURE UP TO END OF MARCH 1983: $117 MILLION) WITH EXPENDITURE FOR 1983-84 ESTIMATED AT $46 MILLION.
ROUTE 7: FROM ABERDEEN WESTWARDS ON RECLAMATION VIA KELLETT BAY, TELEGRAPH BAY AND SANDY BAY TO JOIN CONNAUGHT ROAD AT THE WESTERN RECLAMATION, AND THEN VIA CONNAUGHT ROAD, HARCOURT ROAD AND GLOUCESTER ROAD TO VICTORIA PARK.
ROUTE 8: FROM VICTORIA PARK TO CHAI WAN VIA THE HONG KONG ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR WHICH IS AT PRESENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS IS $1 686 MILLION (ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE UP TO MARCH 31, 1983: $628 MILLION) AND $427 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR 1983-84, MAINLY FOR THE HONG KONG ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR.
MR BREMRIDGE SAID $451 MILLION WOULD ALSO BE NEEDED IN 1983-84 FOR SECONDARY ROUTES, MISCELLANEOUS MINOR ROADWORKS AND ROADS WITHIN NEW TOWNS.
HE ADDED: THE AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF EXISTING ROADS BY IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW IS ALREADY OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY IN WEST KOWLOON AND IS BEING EXTENDED TO COVER EAST KOWLOON AND THE NORTHERN END OF HONG KONG ISLAND.+
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