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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1987
BEGAN WITH THE STAGE. IT WAS COMPLETED IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR GASCOIGNE ROAD FLYOVER BEING ITS FIRST 1978 AT A COST OF $35 MILLION.
STAGE TWO WAS COMPLETED IN LATE 1982 AT A COST OF $140 MILLION. THIS SECTION EXTENDS FROM TAI KOK TSUI ROAD NEAR CHERRY STREET TO YEN STREET. ITS NORTHBOUND CHOW STREET INCLUDING A SECTION IN TỤNG CHAU CARRIAGE WAS OPENED ON COMPLETION WHILE ITS SOUTHBOUND BE OPENED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CHEUNG SHA WAN SECTION.
CARRIAGE WILL
MILLION STAGE EXTENSION OF THE A INTO TONG MEI ROAD;
RECONSTRUCTION OF A MARCH 1985 AND
APART FROM THE CHEUNG SHA WAN SECTION, THE $160 THREE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING SECTION ALONG TUNG CHAU STREET PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY NEAR KIU KIANG STREET AND THE SECTION OF LAI CHI KOK ROAD. CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN TOOK ABOUT 32 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
STAGE FOUR WILL CONNECT GASCOIGNE ROAD FLYOVER OF THE CORRIDOR.
WITH THE REST
FERRY STREET NEAR KANSU STREET IT WILL RUN FROM DIVERGE INTO TWO CARRIAGEWAYS NEAR CHERRY STREET.
AND THEN
RUN ACROSS THE YAU MA THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY WILL
TEI TAI KOK RECLAMATION AND JOIN THE EXISTING SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR AT TSUI ROAD.
THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY WILL EXTEND TUNG CHAU STREET VIA TONG MEI ROAD.
FROM FERRY STREET TO
ABOUT TWO PROGRAMME FOR
THE STAGE
$200
FOUR
IS SECTION THE MILLION.
THE TOTAL LENGTH OF KILOMETRES AND IT WILL COST ABOUT THIS STAGE IS NOW UNDER REVIEW.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE SECRETARY
TRANSPORT, FOR
MR MICHAEL
AND THE OPENING
LEUNG, DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE
WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR CEREMONY OF THE CHEUNG SHA WAN SECTION OF THE AT 10.30 AM ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 27).
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CEREMONY.
TRANSPORT WILL BE
WILL
ARE GARDEN BE ON
PROVIDED. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES REQUESTED TO ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM CAR PARK OF MURRAY BUILDING, ROAD BEFORE 9.30 AM ON NOVEMBER 27. INFORMATION OFFICERS HAND TO ASSIST.
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