TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1984
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* WESTBOUND UP-RAMP TO CANAL ROAD FLYOVER
CANAL ROAD FLYOVER SOUTHBOUND, CANAL ROAD EAST SOUTHBOUND, LEIGHTON ROAD WESTBOUND, MORRISON HILL ROAD NORTHBOUND, TIN LOK LANE NORTHBOUND, MARSH ROAD FLYOVER NORTHBOUND, HUNG HING ROAD WESTBOUND, TONNOCHY ROAD SOUTHBOUND AND REJOIN GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND.
TO ENABLE VEHICLES TO REACH GLOUCESTER ROAD WESTBOUND SERVICE ROAD AND THE WESTBOUND UP-RAMP TO CANAL ROAD FLYOVER VIA THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF VICTORIA PARK ROAD, AN ADDITIONAL EXIT, ABOUT 80 METRES WEST OF THE EXISTING EXIT, WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC.
ACCESS FACILITIES COST $100 MILLION
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ACCESS FACILITIES FOR THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION, COSTING MORE THAN $100 MILLION, ARE EXPECTED TO BE READY IN EARLY 1987 TO COPE WITH THE FUTURE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
THE FACILITIES INCLUDE SEVERAL FLYOVERS, 13 NEW FOOTBRIDGES OR EXTENSIONS, NEW CARRIAGEWAYS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT SIX INTERSECTIONS.
MEMBERS OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD WILL DISCUSS THESE PROPOSALS AT THEIR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 21 (TUESDAY).
AT A PRESS BRIEFING TODAY (TUESDAY), THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, SAID THAT EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE RECLAMATION AND THE ADJOINING AREAS WOULD GENERATE HEAVY VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
+TO CATER FOR THE ENVISAGED TRAFFIC DEMANDS, A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED LAST YEAR BY A CONSULTANT FIRM FOR THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SHE SAID.
+A DRAFT PRELIMINARY REPORT WAS COMPLETED RECENTLY AND SUBMITTED TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR COMMENTS.+
BESIDES THE ACCESS FACILITIES, PROPOSALS MADE IN THE REPORT TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC INCLUDE:
* PROHIBITION OF ON-STREET PARKING.
* PROVISION OF PICK-UP AND SET-DOWN LAY-BYS IN HARBOUR ROAD. * LEFT TURN ONLY FOR MOVEMENTS INTO AND OUT OF CAR PARKS.
* PROHIBITION OF RIGHT TURNS WITHIN THE RECLAMATION EXCEPT FOR TRAFFIC FROM SEAFRONT ROAD TO FENWICK PIER STREET, AND AT THE JUNCTIONS OF TONNOCHY ROAD, SEAFRONT ROAD AND HUNG HING ROAD, AS WELL AS OF HARSH ROAD AND HUNG HING ROAD.
* PROHIBITION OF RIGHT TURNS SOUTH OF GLOUCESTER ROAD AT
THE JUNCTION OF LOCKHART ROAD AND FLEMING ROAD.