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Friday, November 3, 1972
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ON LANTAU ISLAND
The Ngong Ping Access Road, leading to the monastries on Lantau
Island, reduce the existing potential hazards for drivers.
The works to be carried out involve minimal widening of the more
dangerous bends, improvement to the sight lines and the provision of passing
places wherever necessary.
Repairs of damaged channels and provision of cross-road drains will
also be carried out. Safety barriers and warning signs are to be erected at
dangerous locations.
The improvement works are only interim measures to improve the
existing access road, which traverses hilly terrain and is tortuous with
sharp bends and very steep gradients.
These conditions are very dangerous for vehicular traffic, and a
long-term solution to the problem of providing adequate access to Ngong Ping
will be studied in more detail.
The interim improvement work is expected to begin next month, and
will take about nine months to complete.
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