THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1983
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ABERDEEN TRAFFIC PLAN IN FINAL STAGE
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WORK ON THE FINAL STAGE OF A LONG-TERM SCHEME TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG ABERDEEN WATERFRONT WILL START NEXT WEEK.
IT INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN SHEK PAI WAN ROAD AND AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE.
A $47-MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MR HAROLD BEATON, AND MR J.L. HOLLAND OF FRANKI CONTRACTORS LTD.
MR BEATON SAID THAT WITH RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE ABERDEEN AND WONG CHUK HANG AREAS AND THE OPENING OF THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL, THERE HAD BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG THE ABERDEEN WATERFRONT CORRIDOR.
HE SAID TO COPE WITH THIS, THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS CARRYING OUT THE LONG-TERM ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME WHICH MAINLY INVOLVED CONSTRUCTION IN THREE STAGES OF A NEW ROAD THROUGH ABERDEEN,
THE FIRST TWO STAGES - WIDENING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF SHEK PAI WAN ROAD - HAD BEEN COMPLETED. THE CONTRACT AWARDED TODAY WAS THE FINAL STAGE, A ONE KILOMETRE-LONG ROAD ON RECENTLY-COMPLETED RECLAMATION.
A FLYOVER WILL BE BUILT TO LINK THE NEW ROAD WITH THE EXISTING ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH WU NAM STREET TO FURTHER IMPROVE LOCAL TRAFFIC FLOW.
THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A BUS TERMINUS AT THE JUNCTION OF WU NAM STREET AND CHENGTU ROAD.
MR BEATON SAID TWO FOOTBRIDGES NEAR AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE AND THE FISH WHOLESALE MARKET AND A SUBWAY OPPOSITE OLD ABERDEEN MAIN STREET WOULD BE BUILT FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL TAKE ABOUT 30 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
INDUSTRIALISTS PRAISED FOR COMMUNITY WORK ****
INDUSTRIALISTS AND BUSINESSMEN IN KWUN TONG WERE THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING PRAISED BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES FOR DEVOTING THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.
MR AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY DINNER BALL OF THE HONG KONG KWUN TONG INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION.
HE NOTED THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAD, WITHIN A SHORT SPAN OF TIME, ALREADY EMBARKED ON A NUMBER OF USEFUL PROJECTS AIMED AT PROMOTING
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT.
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