TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1983
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TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER OPENING TOMORROW
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TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI HANG ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD SHOULD EASE WITH THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF AN IMAGINATIVE+ FLYOVER TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THE 'S'-SHAPED TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER HAS BEEN BUILT BY THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT A COST OF $70 MILLION. INCLUDING SLIPROADS, IT IS 700 METRES LONG AND HAS TAKEN TWO-AND-A- HALF YEARS TO COMPLETE.
AT A CEREMONY TODAY (TUESDAY) MARKING THE OPENING OF THE PROJECT, UNOFFICIAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MR OSWALD CHEUNG, SAID THOSE WHO LIVED IN THE LOCALITY AND THOSE WHO FREQUENTLY MADE USE OF TAI HANG ROAD HAD CERTAINLY BEEN AWARE OF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT ITS JUNCTION WITH TUNG LO WAN ROAD.
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IT HAD BEEN APPRECIATED THAT, BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY, WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE JUNCTION CAPACITY MERELY BY AT-GRADE IMPROVEMENT, MR CHEUNG SAID.
+THE CONCEPT OF PROVIDING AN ELEVATED CONNECTION BETWEEN TAI HANG ROAD AND THE CAUSEWAY BAY AREA ALONG ITS PRESENT ALIGNMENT CERTAINLY IS IMAGINATIVE, HE SAID.
AS FROM TOMORROW, MOTORISTS WOULD ENJOY THE CONVENIENCE THAT THE FLYOVER WOULD BRING TO THEM.
MR CHEUNG SAID THE GLOUCESTER ROAD FLYOVER, LINKING TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER AND WATERFRONT ROAD, WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WHEN COMPLETED IN OCTOBER NEXT YEAR IT WOULD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER, FORM AN EVEN MORE DIRECT LINK WITH WATERFRONT ROAD.
HE SAID COMPLETION OF TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER WAS ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL ROAD PROJECTS, COMPLETION OF WHICH WAS ON STREAM.
THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND TAIKOO SHING WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR AND THIS SHOULD BRING ABOUT GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND EASTERN DISTRICT, MR CHEUNG SAID.
HE PRAISED THE EFFORT GIVEN TO AESTHETIC TREATMENT OF THE FLYOVER, WHICH HE SAID WAS MOST WARRANTED IN SUCH AN URBAN SETTING.
THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR EDDIE SHORT, SAID
THE THAT TO COPE WITH GROWTH IN DEVELOPMENT AND TRAFFIC DEMAND, HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS MAKING A CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE TERRITORY'S ROAD NETWORK AND THE TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER WAS ONE OF MANY IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN THE ROAD WORKS PROGRAMME.
/HE SAID