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Wednesday, July 26, 1972

KOWLOON FOOTHILLS ROAD CORRIDOR

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A new highway linking the industrial centres of Kwai Chung and

Kwun Tong will be completed by 1975.

Work is already under way on five of the 11 separate projects

forming the $140 million scheme, known as the Kowloon Foothills Road

Corridor, and the others are being given high priority.

When the highway is completed in 1975, the entire route across

the northern part of Kowloon will merge with the Kwai Chung Coastal Road.

This will complete the important traffic route linking San Po Kong and

Kwun Tong in the east and Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan in the west.

A government spokesman pointed out today that the big increase

in population occurring in these areas had resulted in a rapid growth

in the volume of traffic using the route, and this would be further

increased when the container terminals at Kwai Chung became operational.

"To cope with this traffic growth, it has become necessary to

widen the existing carriageways in Ching Cheung Road and Lung Cheung Road

and to construct flyovers at all major junctions," he said.

This will help sustain the capacity of the route and provide free-

flowing traffic conditions.

Eight grade separated interchanges will be constructed along Lung

Cheung Road at its junctions with Clear Water Bay Road, Hammer Hill Road,

Po Kwong Road, Shatin Pass Road, Fung Mo Street, Lion Rock Tunnel Approach

Road, Nam Cheong Street and Tai Po Road.

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