THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1990
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GOVERNOR OPENS TUNNEL LINA BETWEEN SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN
—
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) DECLARED
TIN AND THE FASTEST ROUTE BETWEEN SHA THE SHING MUN TUNNELS WAN.
OPEN
TSUEN
ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON AND THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT,
WHICH WILL CUT MICHAEL LEUNG, SIR DAVID DROVE THROUGH THE NEW ROAD,
TOWNS FROM 45 MINUTES THE JOURNEY TIME BETWEEN THE TWO NEW
TO 10
MINUTES.
MR
LINKING TSUEN WAN THE TWIN-TUBE TUNNELS FORM PART OF ROUTE 5
OPENED ΤΟ AND SHA TIN AND WILL BE
TRAFFIC FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, PROVIDING YET ANOTHER ROAD FACILITY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
TSUEN TRAFFIC
MR SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS,
CONNECTED BY APPROACH ROADS AT KWEI SEE-KAN, SAID THAT THE TUNNELS, THE SHA TIN END TO TAI PO ROAD, AND AT THE TSUEN WAN END TO THE KAM INTERCHANGE, SHOULD PROVIDE SOME MEASURE OF RELIEF TO THE
PO ROAD AND AT CONGESTION PRESENTLY EXPERIENCED ALONG THE TAI LION ROCK TUNNEL.
THE
WERE EXPRESSWAYS HE SAID, BOTH THE TUNNELS AND APPROACH ROADS
TAKEN INTO AND ALLOWANCES HAD BEEN
IN THEIR DESIGNS FOR TRAFFIC GROWTH IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
5 WAS THE RESULT OF FEASIBILITY то LINK SHA ΤΙΝ
THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROUTE STUDIES CARRIED OUT IN 1980S ON A HIGH SPEED ROUTE AND TSUEN WAN.
THE PRESENT TUNNEL ALIGNMENT WAS SELECTED ON THE BASIS NEED то PRESERVE THE BEAUTY TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY PARKS.
OF ALL OF THE
THE ROUTE
STARTED IN APRIL
1986 AND WAS
CONSTRUCTION OF COMPLETED AT A COST OF $1.3 BILLION, HE SAID.
ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER
AND THE ACTING
FOR TRANSPORT, MR SIU KWING-CHUE,
TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MR CHOW CHE-KING,
DIRECTOR OF
THE
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