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TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1990
TAI PO ROAD WIDENED
THE FINAL STAGE OF THE
PO TAI
ROAD
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO THREE LANES HAS
INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE ROAD FROM TWO LANES TO
BEEN COMPLETED.
THIS ROAD SECTION WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THE SECTION OF TAI PO FIVE WAS INTERCHANGE,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT THAT THE ENTIRE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT COVERED
SHA ROAD FROM
TIN KILOMETRES IN LENGTH.
TO
TAI
WO PING
WHICH
PO WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE FINAL STAGE, THIS SECTION OF TAI
ONE LANE ROAD WILL PROVIDE AT LEAST THREE TRAFFIC LANES THROUGHOUT FOR NEW TERRITORIES-BOUND TRAFFIC AND TWO FOR KOWLOON-BOUND.
THE STEEP GRADE IN ADDITION, A CLIMBING LANE IS PROVIDED FOR
WO PING SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN TAI
ROAD
то MOVING VEHICLES INTERCHANGE AND CALDECOTT OVERTAKE.
ALLOW TO
FAST
CARPARKS WERE FOUR
BUILT ALONG THE AS PART OF THE PROJECT,
THE KOWLOON RESERVOIR AND SHOULD BE ROAD. THREE OF THEM ARE NEAR WELCOMED BY VISITORS TO THE GOLDEN HILL AND LION ROCK COUNTRY PARKS.
LANDSCAPE WORKS WERE ALSO CARRIED OUT.
IMPLEMENTED IN THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WAS THREE STAGES, WITH THE FIRST TWO COMPLETED AND OPENED TO TRAFFIC YEAR.
LAST
THE ENTIRE PROJECT TOOK ABOUT 46 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, AT A OF $150 MILLION.
COST
5
WITH THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT AND THE OPENING OF ROUTE
COULD BE IN APRIL, SOME RELIEF TO THE CONGESTION AT LION ROCK TUNNEL
CAIRN TUNNEL NEXT YEAR, THE EXPECTED BEFORE THE OPENING OF TATE'S SPOKESMAN ADDED.
PUBLIC REMINDED NOT TO BRING IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
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CHINA AND OVERSEAS COUNTRIES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VISITING
BACK WITH DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD ARE REMINDED NOT TO BRING THEM ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THE SENIOR
CUSTOMS
AUTHORITIES AND
AGRICULTURE
FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR M.K, CHEUNG, SA1D TODAY (TUESDAY): "BOTH
THE DEPARTMENT
CONSERVATION OFFICER OF THE
MEASURES AT
ALL
POINTS ENTRY
ΤΟ
AND
THE
CHECK
HAVE STEPPED UP
ON
AND TRAVELLERS
CONTROL GOODS
VEHICLES DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD.
/"ANYONE WHO