10
MONDAY, MAY 30, 1988
FURTHER
WITH
EVEN THE TRAFFIC ALONG THE ROUTE WOULD INCREASE THE COMPLETION OF THE VEHICULAR BORDER LINK AT LOK MA CHAU EARLY NEXT YEAR.
BE
THE LOK YUEN
LAM SHE SAID THE OPENING OF THE
KAM ROAD FLYOVER WOULD WELCOMED BY MOTORISTS BECAUSE THE PRESENT TORTUOUS NEGOTIATION OF TWO ROUNDABOUTS AT THE JUNCTIONS WITH LAM KAM ROAD AND HONG ROAD WOULD NO LONGER BE NECESSARY.
IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CAPACITY WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED IN FUTURE YEARS.
THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, WHO ALSO
THE OFFICIATED AT
CEREMONY, SAID THE DUAL TWO-LANE FLYOVER WAS DESIGNED AND SUPERVISED BY HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT ENGINEERS.
TRAFFIC FLOW WITH ASPECTS ALSO WERE A
A PREREQUISITE OF PLANNING WAS TO MAINTAIN
POSSIBLE. AESTHETIC AS LITTLE DISTURBANCE AS MAJOR CONSIDERATION.
ROAD
WITH ITS COMPLETION, HE SAID THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR WAS NOW FULLY GRADE-SEPARATED AT ALL INTERSECTIONS, PROVIDING TRULY "FREE-WAY" TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN SHA TIN AND FANLING.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN REDUCED JOURNEY TIMES, PROVIDING LEVELS OF SERVICE AND ROAD SAFETY TO MOTORISTS.
ROAD
ENHANCED
MR BEATON ADDED THAT THE LAM KAM
FLYOVER COMPLETED THE TAI PO TO UPGRADING OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD FROM SHA TIN, FANLING,
MANY MAJOR PROJECTS, LIKE THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD
TUEN MUN-YUEN LONG IMPROVEMENT, YUEN LONG SOUTHERN BYPASS,
EASTERN
WAN TO CORRIDOR AND ROUTE 5 FROM TSUEN
SHA TIN ARE EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR BEING PLANNED.
OTHER
THESE MAJOR TASKS, SUPPLEMENTED BY
SMALLER SCALE ROAD то BE COMMENCED IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SUCH AS LAM KAM ROAD WIDENING,
YEAR, WOULD TOWARDS THE END OF THIS
PROVIDE AN EFFICIENT HIGHWAY AS WELL AS SYSTEM FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, LINKING UP THE NEW TOWNS THE BORDER CROSSINGS TO THE LARGER URBAN AREAS, HE SAID.
TRAFFIC THE LAM KAM ROAD FLYOVER WILL BE OPEN TO TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
FROM 10 AM
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