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Proposed flyover at Pok Oi Interchange
The Highways Department has proposed to construct a flyover at Pok Oi Interchange linking Route 3 Country Park Section in the north and Yuen Long Highway in the south.
Upon the opening of Route 3 Country Park Section in mid-1998, all southbound traffic along Route 3 heading for Yuen Long and Tuen Mun and along Yuen Long Highway for Route 3 will have to go through the Pok Oi Interchange.
On the project, a spokesman for the department said: "The proposed flyover will serve as an alternative route of through traffic for motorists and provide relief to the ground traffic at the interchange."
The proposed construction works will include:
construction of a dual-two lane trunk road of about 400 metres in length linking Route 3 Country Park Section and the proposed slip roads, including a flyover of about 130 metres in length above the existing roundabout at Pok Oi Interchange;
construction of a two lane slip road on each side of the proposed road to connect it with the district distributor roads of Yuen Long Highway;
reconstruction of part of the existing district distributor roads of Yuen Long Highway; and
ancillary works including drainage, landscape works, erection of noise barriers and slope works.
A notice of the proposed works was gazetted today (Friday).
A plan showing the extent of the proposed works can be seen at the following government offices:
Central and Western District Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre, ground floor, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong;
District Lands Office, Yuen Long, 9-11th floor, Yuen Long Government Offices, 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New Territories; and
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