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The authority for approving these plans was delegated by the Director
to the Chief Engineer, Port Works Division of the Public Works Department.
This task has required the checking of over 400 drawings and the related design
calculations.
The tunnel connections are supplemented by other major works which
have been constructed to provide quick and direct routes for traffic both on
Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon.
Island Connections
On the Island side, the tunnel connections have been integrated with
the new Waterfront Road to provide a main interchange connecting important
centres on the Island by way of the Canal Road twin flyover. The latter provides
a direct link between Happy Valley/Central and Happy Valley/North Point/Shau
Kei Wan, The Causeway flyover, spanning the approach road to the tunnel portal,
will separate the main traffic flow between Central and North Point and the
cross harbour tunnel. The Marsh Road flyover will cater for traffic serving
completed and future developments on the Wan Chai reclamation, Six foot-bridges
have been located at strategic points for safe pedestrian crossing.
At the Kowloon end, the road connections are situated on a 16-acre
area in Hung Hom. This network has two elevated roadways, three flyovers and
six subways, including a vehicular bridge over the railway tracks to the proposed
Hung Hom Railway Terminal. This interchange has been designed for maximum
westwards
traffic flow to and from the tunnel portal in three directions
towards Tsim Sha Tsui by Chatham Road and Austin Road and to Yau Ma Tei by
Gascoigne Road, northwards to Princess Margaret Road by two one-way parallel
elevated roadways 60 feet above the existing railway tracks to the Tsim Sha Tsui
station, and eastwards, to Chatham Road by two parallel flyovers and loop roads.
/A two-way
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