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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1988
WILL PROVIDE UPON COMPLETION, THE YUEN LONG TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM
AND SAFE VEHICULAR CORRIDOR THROUGH THE NORTHWEST
NEW
A
FAST TERRITORIES.
"TRAFFIC PREDICTIONS FOR THE
1996 HAVE INDICATED THAT TRAFFIC FLOW OF ABOUT THIS TRUNK ROAD WILL BE REQUIRED TO HANDLE A
AND THE KXISTING CASTLE PEAK 49,000 VEHICLES PER DAY
ROAD ABOUT 46,000 VEHICLES PER DAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
YEAR
LONG TRUNK ROAD
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE YUEN SYSTEM 1S PLANNED TO MEET THE ANTICIPATED FUTURE TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS ALONG THE TUEN MUN-YUEN LONG CORRIDOR BY THE YEAR 1992.
PEAK ROAD FROM BETWEEN THESE TWO DEVELOPMENTS ON BOTH
OF CASTLE "AT PRESENT, THE EXISTING SECTION TURN MUN AND YUEN LONG FORMS THE TRAFFIC CORRIDOR NEW TOWNS, AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO VILLAGES AND SIDES OF THE ROAD," HE SAID.
WITH HOWEVER,
THE GROWTH OF THE TWO NEW TOWNS INCLUDING
THE COMPLETION OF LOK MA DEVELOPMENTS ON AREAS BETWEEN THEM,
CHAU
RY 1988. BORDER CROSSING
AND THE OCCUPATION OF TIN SHUI IN 1992, CASTLE DEVELOPMENT COMMENCING
PEAK ROAD WILL NOT ADEQUATE CAPACITY TO MEET THE FUTURE TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS.
WAI
HAVE
WILL ALONG
TRANSIT (LRT) MEANWHILE, THE LIGHT RAIL
WHICH SYSTEM, START TO OPERATE IN MID-1988, WILL CREATE LEVEL CROSSING POINTS CASTLE PEAK ROAD, THUS REDUCING ITS CAPACITY.
THE
ACCESS PROVISIONS AND THE IN ADDITION, BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL LRT OPERATION NEEDS, CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE UP ROLE OF A HIGH SPEED AND HIGH CAPACITY ROAD.
AN
TRUNK ROAD THE PROPOSED YURN LONG
SYSTEM
COMPRISE WILL VILLAGE IN TUEN MUN INTERCHANGE NEAR TO YUEN WAI
FOR TRAFFIC FLOWS BETWEEN THE TRUNK ROAD AND THE ROAD NETWORKS OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
TWO INTERCHANGES IN YUEN LONG, ONE NEAR TONG YAN SAN TSUEN
YURN OF
LONG TOWN, THE OTHER IN SHUI PIN WAI AT THE WEST END ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED,
AND WILL
ROAD
THE FORMER WILL ALLOW FOR TRAFFIC FLOWS BETWEEN THE TRUNK
CONNECTIONS AND THE YUEN LONG WEST LINK WHILE THE LATTER WILL PROVIDE
NETWORKS OF YUEN LONG BETWEEN THE YUEN LONG WEST LINK AND THE ROAD TOWNS AND TIN SHUI WAI DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
TWO-LANE SAN TSUEN, AND SHUI
THE YUEN LONG-TUEN MUN CORRIDOR, A 5.5-KILOMETRE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN TO YUEN WAT VILLAGE AND TONG YAN THE 1.5-KILOMETRE YUEN LONG WEST LINK FROM TONG YAN SAN TSUEN TO PIN WAI WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED.
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