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Friday, July 6, 1973
ANOTHER ELEVATED ROAD FOR KOWLOON
A $24 million elevated road will be built from Prince Edward Road
to Lai Chi Kok Road to cater for the increasing volume of east-west traffic
across Kowloon Peninsula.
The 2,300-foot road will begin in Prince Edward Road near Yuen
Ngai Street and end in Lai Chi Kok Road near the junction with Tong Mi Road
and Poplar Street.
It will span the busy signal controlled junctions at Sai Yee Street,
Nathan Road and Lai Chi Kok Road.
A spokesman for the Public Works Department said that traffic at
these junctions was nearing saturation level, and the elevated road would
provide smoother flow for west bound traffic.
Construction is expected to begin in September, and will take
about 20 months to complete,
The 24-foot two-lane elevated road is ultimately intended for one-way
operation, but in the major re-routing during the construction of the mass
transit railway along Cheung Sha Wan Road, it will be used for two-way traffic.
The overall project also provides for associated alterations
adjacent ground-level roads, sewage works and a foundation for the mass transit
railway.
Tung Choi Street will be developed as an alternative north bound
route to Nathan Road.
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