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Friday, December 21, 1973

FLYOVER TO LINK GARDEN ROAD AND QUEENSWAY

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The Public Works Department is proposing to construct a flyover

from Garden Road to Queensway.

At present traffic proceeding down Garden Road and wishing to

travel east along Queensway must pass through the busy junction of Garden

Road and Queensway, and then go round the Hong Kong Cricket Club Ground

by way of Jackson, Chater and Murray Roads.

The proposed 700-foot long flyover will provide a two-lane one

way direct traffic route from Garden Road, passing over the signal controlled

junction into the eastbound lane of Queensway.

A footway will be provided integrally with the flyover with branches

to link the Multi-Storey Carpark, the Hilton Hotel high level promenade

hijnt with jokhaven

and the existing footbridge at Queensway over Cotton Tree Drive.

An additional footbridge is also included in the project to give

safe pedestrian access across Connaught Road Central at its junction with

Murray Road.

Minor ground level improvements will be carried out as part of the

scheme to facilitate ground level traffic circulation in the general area.

An announcement in the Government Gazette giving notice of an

order to be made under the Streets (Alteration) Ordinance is made today.

The closing date for objections will be January 21, 1974, and any claims

for compensation should be made by February 21, 1974.

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