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Tuesday, November 6, 1973

LION ROCK INTERCHANGE PARTIALLY OPENED

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The Lion Rock Interchange at the junction of Waterloo Road and

Lung Cheung Road was partially opened to traffic today.

The $7.2 million interchange is the first of 11 new interchanges

along the Lung Cheung/Taipo/Ching Cheung Road Route to be brought into

operation.

It will be finished entirely by the middle of next month with the

Completion of the circular bridge structure on the south-eastern side of

the flyover,

Commenting on the partial opening of the Lion Rock Interchange,

a spokesman for the Public Works Department said that the traffic in the

area would be improved considerably, especially on weekends.

The Lion Rock Interchange, which has been designed and supervised

by Maunsell Consultants Asia, is part of a major road improvement scheme

between Kwun Tong and Kwai Chung along the Kowloon Foothills.

These interchanges have been designed to permit unimpeded traffic

flow along the route and to eliminate conflicting traffic movements at the

major intersections.

Release time: 7.00 p.m.