Monday, November 5, 1973
WIDENING OF POKFULAM ROAD
A section of Pokfulam Road will be widened shortly to improve
traffic flow between Aberdeen and the urban areas.
The work will involve the widening of 1,400 feet of Pokfulam
Road between Claymore Avenue and Pokfulam Reservoir Road. It will also
include the construction of a reinforced concrete box culvert to convey
the flow from an existing nullah.
Work is expected to begin in January next year and will take
about 18 months to complete.
The videned road will provide a dual two-lane carriageway through
Pokfulam Village with a central verge for the preservation of a number
of trees.
Commenting on the project, a spokesman for the Public Works
Department noted that Pokfulam Road was one of the main traffic routes
linking Aberdeen with the urban areas.
Following the completion of Wah Fu Estate and further industrial
and housing development at Aberdeen, he said, traffic volume on that
road had substantially increased.
The daily volume of traffic is now well above the capacity of
this narrow section, he said. But this would be considerably improved
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once the road was widened.
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