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Tuesday, October 23, 1973

MORE FLYOVERS PLANNED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW

$800 Million To Be Spent Over Next Five Years

A stepped-up programme of flyover construction will give urban

areas of Hong Kong an increasingly new look over the next few years and

ease the pressure of traffic on many busy road intersections.

Plans are already in hand to build another 20 flyover and inter-

change complexes over the next five years, at an estimated cost of some

$800 million.

The programme is part of a long-term effort to eliminate the

worsening traffic bottlenecks brought about by the rapid increase in

the number of vehicles.

Despite the introduction of various special traffic arrangements

and the installation of traffic light signal controls, more radical

measures are needed to combat congestion at some locations.

The best method to overcome the problem is to provide flyovers

at intersections where the worst congestion occurs, a spokesman for

the Public Works Department said.

Over the past 12 years, 26 flyovers have been built at a cost

of about $130 million.

Thirteen more including one on Hong Kong Island

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are under

construction.

Before the year ends, two interchanges will be completed. They

are the Pillar Island Interchange and the Lion Rock Interchange.

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