Wednesday, May 30, 1973
ALTERNATIVE TRAFFIC ROUTES TO NORTH POINT
A feasibility study is to be undertaken to determine the best possible
means of providing additional road capacity along the eastern corridor of
Hong Kong Island to relieve traffic congestion in North Point.
The study will be conducted by consultants and will cover the entire
road route running from Causeway Bay through North Point and Quarry Bay to
Shau Kei Wan.
The consultants will investigate broadly three alternative routes:
one along the waterfront, another an inland route, and the third the double-
decking of King's Road.
A spokesman for the Public Works Department explained today that the study
was necessary to avoid any abortive detailed design work for the originally
proposed elevated road along King's Road,
A preliminary examination of the King's Road double decking scheme,
contained in the Long Term Road Study Report, indicated that serious land and
environmental problems could be expected to arise due to the proximity of the
elevated structure to existing buildings.
In addition, the problem was likely to be aggravated by the need to
avoid conflict with the mass transit proposals along King's Road, he added.
The study, which will take about a year to complete, will explore the
merits of the three alternatives to enable a soundly based decision to be taken.
Consultants are expected to be engaged in the next two months.
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