FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1991
7
CONSTRUCTION OF PART OF ROUTE 3 PROPOSED
THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO
BETWEEN NORTHWEST TSING YI AND MEI FOO, KOWLOON.
THE PROPOSED
OF A NOTICE (FRIDAY) GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
A CONSTRUCT
SECTION OF ROUTE 3
WORKS
WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S
LEADING FROM THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES THROUGH
ROUTE 3 WILL BE A NORTH-TO-SOUTH TRUNK ROAD LOK MA CHAU BORDER CROSSING, THE WEST KOWLOON TO HONG KONG ISLAND.
UP AT
COAST OF TSING YI, IT
AS ROUTE 3 AND THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WILL BE LINKED AN INTERCHANGE TO BE BUILT ON THE NORTHWEST WILL PROVIDE A MAJOR ROAD ACCESS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT TRAFFIC THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING.
3
EAST OF
15 BE ΤΟ
BUILT PROPOSED THE
OF SECTION
NOW ROUTE
A TSING YI AND MEI SEVEN-KILOMETRE LONG EXPRESSWAY BETWEEN NORTHWEST
KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY SECTION FOO WHERE IT 18 TO CONNECT WITH THE WEST OF ROUTE 3.
IT WILL BE A DUAL-THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY AT NORTHWEST TSING WHERE IT JOINS THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING.
SIDE OF IT WILL TRAVERSE ALONG THE WESTERN ENTERING INTO A 1.5-KILOMETRE LONG BORED TUNNEL AT TSING YI.
YI
TSING YI BEFORE SAL TSAO WAN ON
AT CHANNEL
EMERGING FROM THE PORTAL UNDERNEATH THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT THE WESTERN INF OF TSING SI BRINGE, IT WILL CROSS THE RAMBLER ON A BRIDGE AT A LEVEL SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING TSING YI BRIDGE.
DURING CONSTRUCTION WILL MARINE ACCESS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE
AN ELEVATED BE MAINTAINED, FROM PILLAR ISLAND TO MEI FOO, IT WILL BE DEAL FOUR-LANE
ROAD.
MAJOR INTERCHANGES, ONE THE PROPOSED ROUTE 3 WILL HAVE THREE
LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AT NORTHWEST TSING YI TO CONNECT THE PROPOSED
KING TO CONNECT WITH THE EXISTING (TSING MA BRIDGE), A SECOND AT LAI
AT
A WAN
LAT
AND
THIRD KING, ROAD KWAI (HUNG
ROUTE 3 WITH ROUTE 4 (CHING INTERCHANGE WILL BE PROVIDED TO LINK CHEUNG ROAD) IN LAI CHI KOK BAY.
ROAD
AND TSUFN
THE PROPOSED WORKS ARE SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE
IN EARLY 1993 AND
TO COMPLETE BY MID 1996.
THE PLANS AND SCHEME OF THE PROPOSED WORKS MAY BE INSPECTED THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT OFFICES:
AT
PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE
38 FIER BUILDING,
ROAD,
FLOR.
AND WESTER. DISTRICT OFTIOF I
GROUID
TADBOUR
CENTRAL, HONG KONG;
/* KWAI TSING