THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1986
FURTHER IMPROVEMENT TO TAI PO ROAD
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WORK HAS STARTED ON IMPROVING A SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD BETWEEN TAI WO PING INTERCHANGE AND PIPER'S HILL ROAD.
THE WORK IS THE SECOND STAGE OF A PROJECT TO IMPROVE TAI PO ROAD DETWEEN SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND THE INTERCHANGE.
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT RECENTLY AWARED A CONTRACT VALUED AT $26 MILLION FOR THE WORK WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE ACTING REGIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR KWONG HON-SANG, AND THE CONTRACTOR, VIANINI LAVORI S.P.A.
UNDER THE CONTRACT, THE 1.5-KILOMETRE SECTION OF ROAD IS TO BE WIDENED TO A MINIMUM 7.3 METRES.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCLUDE PROVISION OF A CLIMBING LANE OR PASSING DAY ON STEEPER GRADES, REALIGNMENT OF SECTIONS OF ROAD ON SHARP CURVES, PROVISION OF FOOTPATHS, CAR PARKING AREAS, BUS LAY- BYES, A FOOTBRIDGE NEAR GOLDEN HILL ROAD AND LANDSCAPING.
SLOPE WORKS AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION OF EARTH RETAINING WALLS ALONG THE ROAD WILL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THESE IMPROVEMENT WORKS. DRAINAGE FOR THE ROAD AND SLOPES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
TO MINIMISE DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC, THE WORK HAS BEEN PLANNED SO THAT TWO-WAY TRAFFIC CAN BE MAINTAINED DURING CONSTRUCTION, EXCEPT FOR SOME OCCASIONAL ONE-WAY MOVEMENT AT NIGHT.
THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1988.
STAGE OF THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS, WHICH STARTED IN APRIL, COVERED THE SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD BETWEEN THE EXPLOSIVES DEPOT AND LOWER SHING MUN ROAD.
THE WHOLE PROJECT IS AIMED AT IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW, PROVIDING BETTER PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES AND STABILISING SOME EXISTING CUT SLOPES.
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